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
As Grete Samsa awoke the morning of her wedding, she found herself transformed into a giant swan. Granted it wasn't as bad as her brother's metamorphosis into a giant insect, but still, what was the liklihood her future husband would marry a swan? —From Grete's Punishment (sequel to Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka) Submitted by Julie Roberts, Student
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must have been in want of a prenup. —From Prouder and More Prejudiced (sequel to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) Submitted by Anonymous
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a good fortune and a wife, should have paid his lawyer to draft a prenup before he married. —From Proud, Prejudiced, and Single Again (sequel to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) Submitted by Rachel Sullivan
After years of intense therapy and major dental work, I was once again just another circus clown. —From Not It (sequel to It by Stephen King) Submitted by Marsha Childress, Brentwood, TN
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