I just spent 5 days in NYC for the Book Expo and had the best time. I traveled with Susanne, our Acquisitions Editor, and Sandy, our Sales Manager. We must have walked about 5 miles per day, seen about 25 neighborhoods, we went to Chelsea Market, the east side, the west end, Soho, Fashion Avenue, Time Square…OMG my feet were killing me! I took the subway for the first time and then a bunch more times.

Susanne, our Acquisitions Editor, and me in our BEA booth

So back to the show, we had a great show, exhibiting in our new distributors pavilion and were able to show several new titles to interested book buyers. The most popular titles were Sew with Sara and Cupcakes! The book stores were really excited about these two titles for kids and teens.

It was such a treat to see one of our authors, Anita Grossman Soloman came by the booth to say hello and to see what was new. She took a few pictures of Susanne and I in the booth. I also had a woman come by the booth on the last day and she sang a song to me. When she sang it was sweet and funny, and she had a nice voice. The song is Once in Love with Amy, by Frank Loesser, written in 1948. The funny thing is my Dad had a good friend who was a nightclub singer and played the piano, and I had a major crush on him when I was around 5 so he would sing that song to me whenever I saw him, maybe that was why I had the crush? While we were in NYC we also saw some amazing sites including Paula Nadelstern’s exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum. More on that in another post.