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
Life has no plot, no script, and sadly, no director to cover your fat, incompetent ass when you can't perform your required tasks, but of this I am sure—there will always be characters with whom you must engage who know your real story and who are forever on the cusp of sharing. —From Fear of Crying (sequel to Fear of Flying by Erica Jong) Submitted by Saralee Rosenberg, Author
The next morning something strange happened. —From Part II (sequel to Every book ever written by Last, First) Submitted by Russ Harvey, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA
"I love the smell of bacon in the morning," exclaimed the mystery assailant, to no one in particular, as he drives the axe into the head of Napoleon. —From Four Legs Good, Two Legs Dead: A Murder Mystery (sequel to Animal Farm by George Orwell) Submitted by J Chan
Several thousand years after the beginning…” —From The Bible II (sequel to The Bible by Depends on who you ask) Submitted by Michael Magrath, Stacks Management Supervisor, W.E.B. Du Bois Library 154 Hicks Way University Of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003-9275
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