Gratitude

Thanks to everyone who worked on the Spencer Hill crew to make our BEA debut so successful:

Dan Cohen: wonderful author, book sherpa, and all around great guy
Kendra McCormick: super copy editor, book booster, and wonderful human being
Mark Tekushan: brilliant photographer, backdrop designer, and great booth buddy
More thanks to Michele, Phyllis, Lisa, MaryBeth, and all the folks who helped us noobs get everything straight, and to the entire Spencer Hill family: Debbie, Trish, Osman, Jennifer, Lisa, Rich, Marie and Emily (new author!) for everything you've done to make this experiment in publishing successful.

Thanks also to all of the reviewers and bloggers who have come by and told us that you love our books. We NEVER get tired of hearing that! And thanks to those who decided to give us a try, as well--often because they were standing within earshot of the first group.

And a final nod to blogger's autocorrect function for making me laugh by suggesting "bear-slapping" whenever I've typed BEA into the label window over the past few weeks.

BEA - Day 2

Here I am:

It's amazing here, and I kind of love how our cute little booth looks:

BEA - Day 1

Hi folks,

As you're reading this, I should be in the Javits center on the West Side of New York City. I plan to post some pictures and impressions over the next few days.

If you're at BEA this week, please stop by booth #4779 (slightly to the left of the ginormous "Uptown Stage/Ingram" sign in the back) and say hi!

This is the last week of the Accused ARC giveaway contest:
http://thedisgruntledbear.blogspot.com/2011/05/contest.html

Oh, and next week we have at least TWO really cool announcements coming. Stay tuned...

BEA

B! E! A!
B! E! A!

I'm wicked excited, and I hope you are, too. If you're going to BEA next week, please comment below and let everyone know where to find you. Personally, I'll be in the Spencer Hill Press booth, which is #4779. It's in the far right corner by the Uptown Stage. We'll have SWAG, ARCs, chocolate, and our newest author, Daniel Cohen--what more could you want?

Please stop in and introduce yourselves!

The Accused ARC giveaway contest continues apace: http://thedisgruntledbear.blogspot.com/2011/05/contest.html

Happy Monday!

BEA

So... we're looking at Spencer Hill Press's presence at BEA (Book Expo America, in NYC in May) and thinking of upgrading to a booth.

Okay, so maybe just half a booth. In the cheap section.

But it's a booth. At BEA. Frikkin' BEA!

And I'm thinking about how we could use this to make a splash.

Party? SWAG cannons? Zener card games?

Help me out here, people.  If you were at BEA, what would catch your interest?

Hmm... maybe I should bring a coffeemaker.  And coffee, too.  Otherwise, it's just a tease.

Happy New Year!

UPDATE: Food, SWAG, and free books: sounds good.  Speaking of free books, check out the Born at Midnight giveaway on Blkosiner's Book Blog: http://blkosiner.blogspot.com/2010/12/contest-and-review-born-at-midnight-by.html

Backspace

Aspiring authors, if you've never attended a writers conference, I strongly recommend this one:

http://www.backspacewritersconference.com/

I'm trying to fit in a trip to NYC that week (May 20-somethings, 2011) for BEA. If you're going to the conference--or to BEA--please let me know. Maybe we can hang out and talk about books.

On a weird note, I went to add "BEA" to the post labels, and the auto-correct function suggested the phrase "bear-slapping."