BEA16 day 1

Posted on May 11, 2016 by WordsAndPeace

BEA16

BEA16 Day 1

And so today was my first day at my first EVER live BEA – instead of ArmchairBEA – which is very nice too!

It was really neat to meet face to face book blogger sI have followed for a while or recently, for instance

Today, I exclusively stayed with the Bloggers Conference.
I’ll do later a post on the keynote, the two morning panels, and what I learned at the 3 table talks I participated in after noon.

The crowd is mostly young (one of our panelists was 17), but there are a few other white hair here and there.
Most of the giveaways today were aimed at YA, which I do not read too much, so I didn’t get these.
There will be plenty of ARCs to grab tomorrow and Friday, and I plan to be very picky and not to bring back home 200 books.

But I did get a cool tote-bag. Can you guess which title I just wrote on it??

The McCormick building is huge (we are actually in only one of the 4 buildings), but very clear signs, no way to get lost, and the wireless was fabulous today.

The one regret I have: a very poorly designed BEA website, super NON-user-friendly, so it was really hard to find information on all things going. So I had never read about the “speed dating“, and of course, too late to register for that.
Another fun fact I discovered today as a newbie: it never made sense to me why so many people would line up for so long to get book signing. Well, I thought you had to buy the book. Only today did I discover that actually most of the books offered for book signing sessions are free!! Now, that makes sense, maybe so obvious that no one seemed to have ever mentioned that fact, lol.

Time to look closely at my schedule for tomorrow!
More feedback tomorrow night

19 thoughts on “BEA16 day 1”

Silver's Reviews on May 11, 2016 at 9:38 pm said:

I love your post.

So fun seeing who you met.

Have a wonderful time. I agree on being selective with choosing books.

Looking forward to more of your posts. Love the tote.

Elizabeth

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- WordsAndPeace on May 11, 2016 at 9:39 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the feedback
  
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  - Silver's Reviews on May 12, 2016 at 11:30 am said:
    
    I hope you are having a fabulous, fun time today. 🙂
    
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    - WordsAndPeace on May 12, 2016 at 9:07 pm said:
      
      fun for the mind, not the back!
      
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      - Silver's Reviews on May 13, 2016 at 6:23 pm said:
        
        LOL…oh yes.
        
        I hope someone told you to bring a suitcase that you can check.
        
        I didn’t know you were going or I would have made sure you knew.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 13, 2016 at 9:29 pm said:
        
        I knew, but I live in a Chicago suburb, so no need really. and that’s why I was there, could never afford BEA in NY
        
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  - Silver's Reviews on May 13, 2016 at 9:35 pm said:
    
    Great you are in a Chicago suburb.
    
    I always stay with my son in NY so that saves a lot. 🙂
    
    Great you knew about the suitcase. I was worried since you said ti was bad on your back.
    
    Night, safe travels if you aren’t home yet.
    
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    - WordsAndPeace on May 14, 2016 at 7:38 pm said:
      
      thanks for your concern
      
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      - Silver's Reviews on May 14, 2016 at 8:35 pm said:
        
        You back home?
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 14, 2016 at 8:59 pm said:
        
        I live in the suburb, just 20 mn from downtown by train. I didn’t go to Book Con, the expense was enough for me for 3 days
        
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    - Silver's Reviews on May 14, 2016 at 9:03 pm said:
      
      Very nice.
      
      I never went to Book Con either.
      
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      - WordsAndPeace on May 15, 2016 at 10:57 am said:
        
        it sounds like pure madness, but there seems to be a lot of interesting panels (more than at BEA)
        
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Andrea ( aka rokinrev) on May 12, 2016 at 7:23 am said:

Have a great time for all of us

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- WordsAndPeace on May 12, 2016 at 9:07 pm said:
  
  thanks, one day it will be your turn
  
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Julie Merilatt on May 12, 2016 at 7:52 am said:

I didn’t realize you were here too! Stop me and say hi if you see me. Thursday I’m wearing a red Harry Potter shirt and khakis.

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- WordsAndPeace on May 12, 2016 at 9:04 pm said:
  
  sorry saw your comment too late. just sent you a tweet
  
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Leslie on May 14, 2016 at 5:12 pm said:

It was great finally meeting you in person. Especially since we only live a few miles apart!

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- WordsAndPeace on May 14, 2016 at 7:36 pm said:
  
  It was great indeed. So many times I meant to join you for birding, and it’s thanks to books that we finally met!
  
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