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 my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing the government," he told me, "just remember that all the taxpayers in this land haven't had the bailouts that you've had." —From The Great Bailout (sequel to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald) Submitted by Anonymous
Honey-scented bile rose in Pooh's throat as he and Piglet looked down at the torn remains of his dear friend strewn across the floor of Rabbit's sitting room, wondering who could have done such a thing to poor, poor Rabbit. —From Winnie the Pooh and the Blood-Stained Room (sequel to The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne) Submitted by David Young, Sapporo, Japan
Having been recently obliged to renounce that pinnacle of fashion that was my Alpine hat, it was with visibly furrowed brow that I entered the Drones club one afternoon, the characteristic (and in certain circles much admired) brio all but missing from my step. —From Great Scott, Jeeves (sequel to Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse) Submitted by Alessandra Bastagli
It was all a lie —From the sequel to The Bible by Numerous Submitted by Anonymous
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