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.)
