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
It was not possible that, having evolved in opulence derived from manipulations directed by my Father's own herbal extracts, which he sold at an estaminet he named Toot's Sweet, anyone who knew me could be surprised that a glowing discomfiture reflexively followed my olfactory's detection of a flowery bouquet, none-the-less Ketzel was. —From Passing Faire (sequel to Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind) Submitted by HD Rees, Education
I had just finally figured out who Siddhartha was when I realized I would never understand women, especially my wife. —From Siddhartha Gets Married (sequel to Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse) Submitted by Antonio Fasciano, New York
Obama, Obama Blue Pajama Our new president Thanks his mama Obama kisses His daughters’ heads Obama thinks about What lies ahead Obama Obama Blue Pajama Starts to build a cabinet Obama never breaks a sweat President Obama wants a change Starting with New York Stock Exchange Keeping people in their homes So the future's not on loan —From Obama Obama Blue Pajama (sequel to Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney) Submitted by Mary Talalay, Contributing Writer, Kiwi Magazine
Sancho Panza looked at the forty or so windmills scattered across the Andalusian horizon, and then it hit him, maybe crazy old Don Quixote was right after all, the answer was so obvious that even his childish brain could grasp it: wind power would solve the world's energy crisis. —From Blowing in the Wind (sequel to Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes) Submitted by Evan Charkes, New York
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