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A Book For Every Home: BookExpo Photo Report V
The Tireless Ed Champion questions some common assumptions about BEA and the book business: “1) Big popular names occluded the little guys. 2) This was a despicable showcase about the ”business“ of books, rather than books themselves.”
He says in response to those reactions that “I don’t necessarily believe that thinking about the publishing of books detracts from the appreciation of books as works of art, provided that one keeps the lines of thought separate.”
I tend to agree with the Tireless Mr. Champion. BEA was not just about glitz and glamour and I have the proof…
Now, there were big names floating around:
And there was this guy below who showed me his name on the “guest list” from several parties “…right there next to Britney Spears. So you can see, I’m A-list!”
But there were plenty of representatives of the not-quite A-list set too:
And there were books for every taste: Sports…
Books on gardening…
And about things you learn after sporting and gardening…
I will have more serious things to say about BEA soon, but for more pics, see Mary Reagan’s site with a lot of very well done photographs.
Read widely, think well, and write often
comments
I hereby waive the “tireless” label and pass it on to Mr Wickett. Please for the love of Quixote.... 
– Ed (06/06 at 08:08 PM)
Sorry Ed, You’re TEC at least until my BookExpo reporting is over.
– Bud Parr (06/06 at 08:30 PM)
Damn! Hot & Spicy Spam. Must get to the store now.
– Jeff (06/06 at 08:55 PM)
There really was a Spam book at the show. I thought it was funny since Spam means something else entirely now.
– bud Parr (06/06 at 09:24 PM)
i know you are still unwinding but would love to hear more about the books....i just made it there one day (saturday)...picked up a few books, the 2 that stand out for me are “The Tender Bar” and “One Bullet Away”. Did you get a chance to look at them? What did you think?
Thank you for reporting from BEA...it almost seems like i was there everyday.
– S. Kolbe (06/07 at 07:56 PM)
You may not find my choices interesting, but in the next post, I finally do talk about books.
– bud Parr (06/08 at 12:36 AM)
Thanks for the link. I’m still working my way through my pictures. I’ll be putting a few more online over the next day or two. The rest will be in the next issue (number 7) of CrimeSpree magazine.
– Mary (06/08 at 07:43 PM)
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: June 06, 2005
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