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
Reader, I divorced him—I figured that tethering myself to a one-eyed man in a drafty house with no resale value wasn't the savviest of things I had done in my life. —From Smart Governesses Marry Money (sequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë) Submitted by Jennifer Kasius
It was the worst of times, and then it got even worse. —From The Sale of Two Cities - NYC and DC Sold in Second American Revolution (sequel to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens) Submitted by Tom Cordle
Number 6 was Jimi Hendrix, who ran into Eddie at the Heaven multiplex, where Eddie was trying to get into an advanced screening of Cary Grant's latest film The Philadelphia Story 3: Dexter's Revenge; Hendrix, standing behind him on line, tapped Eddie on the shoulder and asked, "Hey man, why didn't you buy any of my records?" —From The Next Five People You Meet in Heaven (sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom) Submitted by Brendan McGinn, NYC
Time is one-dimensional oscillating lines (or points or surfaces), like the dimensions of a holograph. —From Cat's Eyes (1995) (sequel to Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood) Submitted by Lori Dawson, Graphic/Web Designer, Atlanta
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