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 it turns out, manuscripts do burn, so this is going to be awfully short. —From Master and Margarita Go for a Walk (sequel to Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov) Submitted by Peter Holm, Pittsburgh
For thirty-five years now I've been in e-waste, and it's my indestructible heart. —From Too Quiet a Demise (sequel to Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal) Submitted by Paul Atwood
Brains! —From The Great Gatsby II: The Zombie Years (sequel to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald) Submitted by Peter Tatara, New York City
Life in the New Jerusalem is full of peace and tranquility, love sublime. —From Life in the New Jerusalem (sequel to The Bible by God by various authors inpired by the Holy Spirit) Submitted by Anonymous
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