BOOK: The Sequel
BookExpo — Schedule of B:TS Events
Perseus is designating a section of their BEA booth (#4237) to the creation of BOOK: The Sequel. This work station will include all the necessary tools for live editing, cover design, layout, and promotion. Throughout Friday and Saturday, BEA attendees are encouraged to stop by the booth to watch the various teams in action—and in some cases participate as well. Below is the hour-by-hour production timeline:
| Friday, May 29th | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Editorial Meeting |
| 10:00 AM | Jacket Discussion/Interior Book Design |
| 11:00 AM | First Pass Pages Arrive |
| 1:00 PM | Marketing/Publicity Strategy Meeting |
| 3:30PM | Foreign Rights/Sales Discussion |
| 5:00 PM | E-galleys available | Saturday, May 30th |
| 9:00 AM | Book Website Creation |
| 9:30 AM | Reading Group Guide Creation |
| 1:00 PM | First Print Run Meeting |
| 3:30 PM | Q&A with Participants |
| 4:00 PM | Book Launch Party in booth. Come see the finished book in its many forms, and celebrate! |
Featured Submissions
Reader, we had a baby. —From Jane's Heir (sequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë) Submitted by Courtney Allison
VLADIMIR: There you are! Well, it's about damn time. (Long silence.) —From Well, Now What? (sequel to Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett) Submitted by Laura Martineau, Grant Writer, Connecticut
Little did he know that the HIV virus, which had not tainted mortal blood in antiquity, would now infect the undead and change them in ways he could never have imagined. —From The Vampire's Brave New World (sequel to Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice) Submitted by Sandy Lovell, Attorney, New Jersey
Reader, I buried him; then shipped that insufferable French nitwit Adele off to a Swiss boarding school. —From Jane Eyre Rochester; or The Merry Widow (sequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte) Submitted by Sarah Clendineng
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