BEA 2009, Pt. 1
BEA, or Book Expo America, is the big trade show for trade publishing in the United States, and was held in New York City a couple weeks ago. I'll do some posts over the next several days either about or inspired by the event. Here are some photos I took (or in some cases, mis-took, because they're blurrier than we would want; I guess I'm not a professional photographer). The first comes from inside the Javits Center, where a nice Sookie Stackhouse display was at the front entrance to the Penguin booth. Very nice views of the current DEAD AND GONE hardcover and the True Blood Season 2 tie-in edition cover for LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS. I am very fond of both. And then there was the big, bold, beautiful True Blood billboard on W. 39th St. at the intake into the Lincoln Tunnel, and isn't that a nice way to start and finish the day heading to and from the Javits Center each day. The next very blurry picture was taken at the Prometheus Books booth. The wonderful Pyr SF l...