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
Turned out that tomorrow is not another day, but rather just like today or even yesterday, for that matter. —From Tomorrow Is Not Another Day (sequel to Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell) Submitted by Anonymous
The sun would not stop. They'd get burned if they played. —From The Cat in the Hat: Global Warming Edition (sequel to The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss) Submitted by Marie Kent, Library/Academic Marketing, Random House, Inc., New York City
Two households, both alike in dignity, In curs'd Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil brains makes undead hands unclean, From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their unlife ... —From Romeo & Juliet & Zombies (sequel to Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare) Submitted by Brian Archibald, Virginia
April is the cruellest month, especially around the 15th. —From The Waste Land: USA Edition (sequel to The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot) Submitted by Peter Mayer, Fiction Writer, New York City
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