BEA wrapped up Sunday and now that I’ve had my rest, it is time for some post-show impressions. Or it would be, but it is honestly hard to process it all. This was my first time at the conference so it was an experience to say the least. Unfortunately I delted the photos I took with my phone to show you the size of it.
There were so many booths, so many publishers. Surprisingly though, attendance was not what I expected but this was my first BEA so what do I know! Saturday was light and Sunday was astoundingly dead. I was told at the show by a few people that next year’s show may be entirely during the week.
Of the ARC’s that I picked up the ones that I am most excited about are:
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Ghostgirl Homecoming by Tonya Hurley
The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The Girl in the Arena by Lisa Haines
And the odd one of the list: Connected – The surprising power of social networks and how they shape our lives by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler.
My favorite panel of the weekend was Friday night’s 7×20x21 during which several publishing professionals were invited to share what inspired them about their jobs and their hopes for the industry for seven minutes using twenty power point slides. We’ve been hearing so much bad news what with the economic times that it was nice note to end the work week on. Every speaker did a fantastic job. There were a lot of smiles and a lot of laughs, and even a reference to the game Portal. (Though I imagine only a few of us actually got that one.)
All in all, I’m making a note here….HUGE SUCCESS! Tomorrow though it’s back to work for those of us who are still alive.
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