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
"I finally died and gone to hell" said Flint. —From Treasure Island Forever After (sequel to Treasure Island, and Porto Bello Gold by Arthur D. Howden Smith) Submitted by John Bishop, Jr.
It is not often that someone comes along who is friendly and tasty. Wilbur was both. —From Wilbur's Stockyard (sequel to Charlotte's Web by E. B. White) Submitted by Liz Frame, San Antonio, TX
“People kept calling me Ishmael.” —From Moby Dick II (sequel to Moby Dick by Herman Melville) Submitted by Michael Magrath, Stacks Management Supervisor, W.E.B. Du Bois Library 154 Hicks Way University Of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003-9275
So it went, as I heard about Billy Pilgrim's death, I could not help but lament that he would miss the opening of Star Wars: A New Hope. —From Butchershop Six (sequel to Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut) Submitted by Tim Mak
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