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
Woody Woodhouse, plain, lame and bad off, with a shabby trailer and even shabbier disposition, seemed to unite some of the worst aspects of existence; the worst of which being that he had lived nearly twenty-one years in the company of a nutty wife called Emma, who had taken it into her head that she had once been big in Austin. —From Jane Austen's Emma: The Facts (sequel to Emma by Jane Austen) Submitted by Clara Constant, Philadelphia
"For the last time Jeffery Hudson, I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM, AND I DO NOT WANT THEM FOR BREAKFAST!" I said squeamishly. —From Sleeping Sophomores Never Babysit (sequel to Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar) Submitted by Anonymous
Robert Langdon stared at the 500-year-old bank book from Milan's venerable Banca di Tutti Lire, stunned by its implications: Leonardo's vast fortune was intact and available for withdrawal from any ATM, provided one had the Master's PIN. —From The Da Vinci PIN Code (sequel to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown) Submitted by Larry Hughes, Book Flack At Large
It was the worst of times, and then it got even worse. —From The Sale of Two Cities - NYC and DC Sold in Second American Revolution (sequel to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens) Submitted by Tom Cordle
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