Don't be that author, please.Īnd just in case you're absolutely sure you're the exception to this rule, here's a little known fact that should seal the deal: often times the people in the booth wear the wrong name on their badge because they share badges. They're there to talk to book buyers from bookstores, librarians, wholesalers and overseas publishers.Įvery single person working a booth at BEA has a horror story of some deluded author trying to press a manuscript on them, or asking who to send the manuscript to. They're the sales people, the marketing folks, the publicity team. The people who staff the booths of the publishers are most often NOT the editors who acquire manuscripts either. I'm there to get a sense of the sea changes in the industry.
I'm there to meet with my co-agents from far flung lands. I'm there to see what publishers are doing. At your first BEA that will be more than enough to keep you busy.īEA is NOT a place for writers to meet agents or try to get info on getting published. If your jobĭoes require you to attend, focus on what you need to do for your job. Unless your job for the travel book company requires you to attend, you're better off not going. Do you have any recommendations of the best ways to spend my first BEA, given that I am trying to get published/get an agent within the next few years (knock on wood)? I'm going to BEA for the first time this year and I'm a little overwhelmed by the schedule. I'm an aspiring novelist and an assistant editor for a travel book company.
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