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
Sybil Davison blah blah blah blah blah GOT LAID blah blah blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah and now turn to page 47 to read the really juicy part and see more dirty words. —From Pages 47, 86, 117-119: The Juiciest Parts (sequel to Forever by Judy Blume) Submitted by Devra Newberger Speregen, Writer, East Northport, NY
After the death of Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, unchastened by the terrible tragedies they had wrought, continued their unfettered lives in The Eggs, where, in November, 1938, their son Pat was born. —From The Great Patsby (sequel to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald) Submitted by Harold Augenbraum, Executive Director, National Book Foundation
I didn't know from sick and spiteful until I was exiled to Siberia; life in Petersburg looks pretty good in retrospect. —From The Permafrost Is Too Hard to Dig Very Far Under (sequel to Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky) Submitted by Richard Stark, Bookseller, New York City
I've got another question. —From God? It's Margaret Again ... (sequel to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume) Submitted by Elizabeth Dunn-Ruiz
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