NAIBA
This weekend was the North Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association tradeshow at Atlantic City, and I was able to attend with the New Jersey Romance Writers and sign copies of BREAKFAST AT BETHANY'S.
This is just a fabulous tradeshow that is about nothing but books. There are all sorts of books, children's books, thrillers, literary books, cookbooks, etc. It's the whole kit and caboodle. And it is wonderful.
Why? Because there are tons of free books. Cool books. I came home with FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (the book, which the movie was based on), THE EFFECT OF LIVING BACKWARDS by Heidi Julavits, an ARC for EMPIRE RISING by Thomas Kelly, an ARC for HYPROCRITE IN A POUFFY WHITE DRESS by Susan Jane Gilman. Ms. Gilman's book is hysterical, I just started skimming (so many books, so little time). Also, I picked up SHOWER OF STARS by Nancy Herkness, another NJRW writer. I love this tradeshow. It's like me, in a no-cost, zero-cal candy store, you know?
No great gossip, although we did get into a discussion of The Patriot Act, with Vince Flynn who writes political thrillers for Pocket. There's been lots of discussion about the "feechers" in the Patriot Act, but Mr. Flynn was a big supporter of it. The Act will sunset in 2005, and I imagine the bad parts will be thrown out since the courts have already been taking care of that. We'll see what happens next year… It's definitely a hot-button topic.
Signing off for now.
Kathleen
This is just a fabulous tradeshow that is about nothing but books. There are all sorts of books, children's books, thrillers, literary books, cookbooks, etc. It's the whole kit and caboodle. And it is wonderful.
Why? Because there are tons of free books. Cool books. I came home with FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (the book, which the movie was based on), THE EFFECT OF LIVING BACKWARDS by Heidi Julavits, an ARC for EMPIRE RISING by Thomas Kelly, an ARC for HYPROCRITE IN A POUFFY WHITE DRESS by Susan Jane Gilman. Ms. Gilman's book is hysterical, I just started skimming (so many books, so little time). Also, I picked up SHOWER OF STARS by Nancy Herkness, another NJRW writer. I love this tradeshow. It's like me, in a no-cost, zero-cal candy store, you know?
No great gossip, although we did get into a discussion of The Patriot Act, with Vince Flynn who writes political thrillers for Pocket. There's been lots of discussion about the "feechers" in the Patriot Act, but Mr. Flynn was a big supporter of it. The Act will sunset in 2005, and I imagine the bad parts will be thrown out since the courts have already been taking care of that. We'll see what happens next year… It's definitely a hot-button topic.
Signing off for now.
Kathleen
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