Today was much more productive for me than yesterday. I attended the book and author breakfast, and got to see Stephen Colbert, Ken Burns, Lisa See (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan) and Khaled Hosseini -we even got copies of 1,000 Splendid Suns ,his new book. I had theatre seating, which was fine – I just brough my own breakfast – and it was wonderful. Colbert was hysterical, Ken Burns was so fantastic – and Lisa See and Khaled Hosseini were wonderful, as I expected they would be. It was a real treat to discover, upon reading the show daily that Lisa See was going to be in the Random House booth signing her new book Peony in Love (out in a few weeks) – so I got a signed copy, and I get to read it before anyone else! It’s sillt, but that was a real triumph. I also met Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, who wrote the Silver Palate Cookbook – it’s having it’s 25th anniversary so I got a new, signed copy of it. I also got a lot more good galleys than yesterday, talked to some people, and got Dog the Bounty Hunter’s autograph – he’s written a new memoir (although there were no books yet, so he signed posters) for my friend Doyle. (Dog’s wife was there with him, and she’s quite – er – well, she’s rough. And a little scary. Scarier than him, I thought.)
Went to the Nancy Pearl session with library marketing reps from four publishers, and together with the list that I got from the day of dialog, I really feel like I have a good feel for what’s coming up. Lots of good stuff!
Went to the audiobook and author tea, got to hear Roy Blount, Jr., John Lithgow and Tom Perrotta. I finally got an advance copy of The Abstinence Teacher. Tom Perrotta looks like alot of the guys I went to college with. As a matter of fact, he may be one of those guys. Just kidding.
Went to Recorded Books reception at the New York Historical Society, which is on the west side of Central Park. Wonderful program by Pulitzer Prize winners Michael Dirda and Jane Smiley and more free books!
I am exhausted, and will write more tomorrow and finish this on Monday.
