At BEA on Saturday we stopped by the Simon & Schuster booth and had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with OLIVIA, star of the bestselling children’s books by Ian Falconer.
Interviews —
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Gimme a “B”!
BookExpoAmerica is a massive trade show that takes thousands of hours to prepare for, thousands of bodies to orchestrate, focused on the goal of creating a 3-day forum that consists of intensive promotion, marketing, chitchat, networking, shmoozing, and celebration. It’s a gigantic book industry pep rally. And while there’s no bonfire at the end of […]
Russell Simmons in the house
For as many book publishers that are here at BEA, there are at least triple the number of fans of the authors and books they are promoting. I met Kasey outside of the Penguin Group booth who was waiting in line to meet Russell Simmons, and to get a signed copy of his new book, […]
The Abstinence Teacher
Tom Perrotta, Academy-award nominee, and author of the bestselling, page-to-screen title Little Children, signed galleys of his forthcoming novel The Abstinence Teacher for well over an hour. A cue of fans stretched well beyond the confines of the St. Martin’s booth, spanning the Hachette entranceway next door. Here’s a sneak peak inside his new novel.
Lost your VOICE yet at BEA?
No worries…you can find it again if you visit the Hyperion booth. Publisher Ellen Archer was there today and gave me a couple of minutes of her time to talk about the success of the new imprint VOICE. The title The Feminine Mistake, will be the first of many books published expressly for women ages […]
Meet me at Starbucks
If you’re looking for Mike Brennan from the HarperCollins sales team, you might find him over the next couple of days standing in line at Starbucks. And all you folks having the evening parties, invite Mike! He’s great at parties and is a wine afficionado.
HeartSick….at BEA
No, not me–Chelsea Cain…well, sort of. Author Chelsea Cain was in the St. Martin’s booth today during the mayhem of set up, diligently signing galleys for her forthcoming book entitled HeartSick. Here’s a brief interview with her in the booth. Chelsea’s written a thriller that features a villain Chuck Palahniuk happen to call “the most […]