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
In a large cocktail shaker, mix: 3 parts premium tequila; 1 part Italian grapefruit soda; 1 fresh squeezed lime. Shake well, pour contents over ice into rocks glass. —From Tequila Mockingbird (sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee) Submitted by Craig Herman, Philadelphia
Reader, we had a baby. —From Jane's Heir (sequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë) Submitted by Courtney Allison
I'm a reliable witness, you're a reliable witness, practically all God's children are reliable witnesses—but we're none of us properly attentive to anything until we're halfway through our second cup of coffee. —From The Kraken Has Breakfast (sequel to The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham) Submitted by Bridget Norman, UK
“Christopher Robin had learned a few things since entering high school.” —From Now We are Six II (Now We are 16?) (sequel to Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne) Submitted by Michael Magrath
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