May 28th, 2010
Have you all seen this? Thanks to some motivated and energetic bloggers (Trish, Amy, Natasha, Rebecca, Michelle, Nicole, and Pam) the Book Blogger Convention is a go. Scheduled to coordinate with the Book Expo of America in New York City (May 25, 26, and 27) this is an event you really don’t want to miss if you can help it. Some information about the event:
What is it?
- A one day event intended to provide support, instruction, and social time for people who blog about books.
Where is it?
**NEW LOCATION as of January 30th:
NYC Seminar & Conference Center (map)
71 West 23rd Street
Suite 515/Lower Level
(northeast corner of 23rd Street & 6th Avenue)
New York, NY 10010
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
635 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
**Same place as the BEA!
When is it?
- Registration begins at 7:30 am on May 28, 2010, and conference sessions will begin promptly at 9AM and conclude at 5pm.
What are the topics?
- Professionalism/Ethics
- Marketing
- Author/Blogger Relationships
- Building Community
- Writing/Building Content
How do you register?
- Visit this page on the dedicated blog. Register by February 14, 2010 you can even save $25 of the registration fee of $115. Your registration for the conference will automatically get you a three day pass to the BEA!
For answers to more Frequently Asked Questions, visit this page.
I am DEFINITELY going to be there (to see who else is registered so far, visit the attendees page of the blog). And I am VERY excited about it.
I am also going to the BEA this year (and Kip is coming with me). Bloggers are considered Press…so if you are registering, make sure you go through the Press registration form to get free admission to all three days of the event. If you’re like me, the whole thing is a little confusing…so to help us all learn what we need to know, there is a blog tour scheduled to give us the information we need. Here is the schedule:
Monday, February 1st
Tuesday, February 2nd
Wednesday, February 3rd
Thursday, February 4th
Friday, February 5th
Saturday, February 6th
Sunday, February 7th
Monday, February 8th
Tuesday, February 9th
Wednesday, February 10th
Thursday, February 11th
Friday, February 12th
Saturday, February 13th
Sunday, February 14th
Monday, Feburary 15th
Are you excited yet??!?
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DUDE!! I’m so stoked your coming! This is going to be the best BEA ever!
Oh, I so wish I could go! Unfortunately, I already have to go to NYC in August and to Pennsylvania in October for wedding related events and I can’t afford a third trip to the East Coast this year. I’m going to be grumpily jealous when everyone talks about it after it’s over!
I am registered for BEA, but must wait on finances to see if I can attend the Blogger Convention. I hope I have the chance to meet you in person!
I hope we get to meet at BEA and the blogger convention.
I’m excited.
I want to try … I’ve got to start working on my husband now.
Trish: I am SOOOOO excited!!!
Kristen: Oh, bummer – but I totally understand. I had to sit down with Kip and do the math to make sure we were going to be able to afford this since I just got back from the East coast (an unexpected trip we hadn’t really planned for)…it will be tight, but I just had to find a way to make it work!
Molly: DEFINITELY we should plan a meet up. I am also going to the BEA, ,so we should be able to figure out how to meet each other
I hope you’ll also be able to go to the Book Blogger conference too *keeping fingers crossed*
Serena: I was so stoked to see you were signed up to go
We’ll meet for sure!
Jenners: I hope you’ll get to be there – I am so excited to meet some more bloggers in person – especially those (like you) who I feel like I know already. Keep working on that hubby!!
Hopefully we’ll get to meet! Too bad we can’t bring our pets
Lenore: Can’t wait to meet you!!! Oh – if Raven came it would be…um….interesting!!! LOL