BEA by the Numbers

My FIRST time attending Book Expo America, a publishing tradeshow:

1 day at BEA (it runs for 3-4 days)

7 hours spent at BEA

5 hours spent overwhelmed but excited

2 hours spent at lunch

My bounty:

14 ARCs (including Forever and Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvator, and Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos)

1 F&G (Grandpa Green by Lane Smith)

2 books (including The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall)

1 chapter sampler (Modelland by Tyra Banks)

6 of which are signed

2 posters

1 pen

Various postcards, broadsheets and bookmarks

6 times I was told a variation of “it’s obvious it’s your first time at BEA because no one in their right mind carries around that many books all day!”

1 panel attended (YA Buzz- exciting books pubbing soon!)

1 celebrities encountered (Tyra)

15+ authors encountered

3 awkward encounters (I know you! You do? Ah, yes. You are? Didn’t we? No. Oh.)

100s of books I now want to read!