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Partially, yes! It's on the main level (technically level 2) and tucked back behind the Starbucks area (or it has been in past years). Honestly, I've never gotten a ticket for a signing.
The Front of the Line pass is super easy - you take your golden ticket to the attendant at the line by the table (you'll see them holding up books to advertise which line is for what book/author) and give them your pass. They escort you past everyone else in the line and BAM! you're with your author. Even if people have lined up hours in advance, you are given precedence and can cut to the front of that line.
But, the only catch in that is that if you want to use you FotL pass for a ticketed signing, you must also have a ticket for that signing. If it's a non-ticketed signing, just flash your pass and go!
Last year, the only time I got a ticket in the morning, was for Stan Lee on BookCon day. Man, what a waste!
Jenni wrote: "Last year, the only time I got a ticket in the morning, was for Stan Lee on BookCon day. Man, what a waste!"I got a ticket for him too and he ran out of books with over 20 people in line still. My fellow blogger got one, but it was a waste of our time.
I got one for Gregory Maguire and he was very nice. Also for Jan Brett, because she does the most charming illustrated books and hands out an awesome tote to go with the book.
Marcilia wrote: "Jenni wrote: "Last year, the only time I got a ticket in the morning, was for Stan Lee on BookCon day. Man, what a waste!"I got a ticket for him too and he ran out of books with over 20 people in..."
We did get a book, but it was only a sample. And, they were pre-signed. When we were in line, we were told we could take pictures OF him, but not with him. Well, when it started, they had security guards stepping in front of cameras and telling us to put them away. And, you didn't even get to meet Stan Lee. He sat and talked to someone, so it literally was a fly-by "look" at him, and here's your pre-signed sample."
Yeah, NOT cool.
Jenni wrote: "Marcilia wrote: "Jenni wrote: "Last year, the only time I got a ticket in the morning, was for Stan Lee on BookCon day. Man, what a waste!"I got a ticket for him too and he ran out of books with ..."
OMG! I know! I was like WTF? I get you are "Stan Lee" and all, but no need to be such an a-hole. I was just mad at myself for wasting the time in line. Thank goodness I had no other major signing or book I wanted at the time, but I could have been out on the floor chatting with friends and making new discoveries. Experiencing Stan Lee, taught me to be very picky in the future of who I stay in line for.
Thanks guys I will see about Leigh she is first thing so it might be easy to line up bc Marissa Meyer and richelle Mead are 1/2 hour after. I'm hoping this will affect Leigh's line in a good way but I'm not counting on it. I'll try to get the tickets but if I can't il line up super early. That sucks about Stan Lee I heard he was kind of an ass.
Britt wrote: "Thanks guys I will see about Leigh she is first thing so it might be easy to line up bc Marissa Meyer and richelle Mead are 1/2 hour after. I'm hoping this will affect Leigh's line in a good way bu..."Yeah Britt...that's putting it lightly...but that was then, and this is now, so forget the past and let's get excited about BEA15 in only 30days! ! Leigh, Marissa and Richelle are all on my list too. I'm hoping for at least 2 of the 3.
I want Leigh and Marissa. :) I am such a compulsive planner, BEA to me is worse than planning a Disney Trip.
When will we know when an author is ticketed? Marissa Meyer and Rainbow Rowell are the two autographs I want the most and want to plan accordingly!This group has been super helpful since it will be first time at BEA. Lots of great advice!
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Hannah wrote: "Looks like some authors have already started posting about being at BEA/signing at BEA. Kim Liggett, debut author of BLOOD AND SALT (YA, Putnam/Penguin) will be signing at BEA on Friday:
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She just confirmed she will be there on Friday from 10am-11am signing Blood and Salt. :)
Beth wrote: "When will we know when an author is ticketed? Marissa Meyer and Rainbow Rowell are the two autographs I want the most and want to plan accordingly!This group has been super helpful since it will..."
Rainbow is a ticketed in booth signing from what I hear.
Lexie wrote: "For those of us without the reader pass - yeah arriving early is the best policy. They start handing them out, first come first serve, at around 7am. A lot of us arrive before that because we als..."Do we know who the ticketed authors are yet? :/ I don't think I've seen anything yet but I could have missed something!
Rachael wrote: "Lexie wrote: "For those of us without the reader pass - yeah arriving early is the best policy. They start handing them out, first come first serve, at around 7am. A lot of us arrive before that ..."If you have an avid reader's pass, they'll send out an email sometime in the next couple of weeks telling you it is time to pick your tickets, and you can see the list. Otherwise, once the full autographing list is up, it will say "ticketed author" on it somewhere.
Marcilia wrote: "Britt wrote: "Thanks guys I will see about Leigh she is first thing so it might be easy to line up bc Marissa Meyer and richelle Mead are 1/2 hour after. I'm hoping this will affect Leigh's line in..."Richelle Mead is my top priority.
Andi (Andi's ABCs) wrote: "Rainbow is a ticketed in booth signing from what I hear."She was ticketed last year so I assume the same for this year.
Question from a newbie:When the schedule on the BEA website has a certain book by an author "attached" to a certain signing (in like the related content or in the signing title), is that the only book you can get signed at that time? Or can you do a diff book instead if you bring it yourself?
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When the schedule on the BEA website has a certain book by an author "attached" to a certain signing (in like the related content or in the signing title), is that the only..."
During BEA, the author will only sign the book indicated. You are not allowed to bring books from home.
However, you CAN bring books from home to BookCon for an author to sign.
I'd love to hear your thoughts: which authors do you NEED to meet this year?
Jessica wrote: "I'd love to hear your thoughts: which authors do you NEED to meet this year?"FOR SURE Heather Demetrios, Susan Dennard and Leigh Bardugo!
What about yourself?!
Rachael wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I'd love to hear your thoughts: which authors do you NEED to meet this year?"FOR SURE Heather Demetrios, Susan Dennard and Leigh Bardugo!
What about yourself?!"
Same on Susan Dennard and Leigh Bardugo! Those are my top 2. I'd love to meet Amy Ewing, Scott Westerfeld and Virginia Boecker as well. :-)
In order of awesomeness - Leigh Bardugo/Susan Dennard tied*Sara Raasch/Rae Carson tied*
Heather Demetrios
Rainbow Rowell
Amy ewing
Josephine Angelini
I am kind of on overload of things I must do. I know prioritize and I realistically will miss something but BOOKS!
Britt wrote: "In order of awesomeness - Leigh Bardugo/Susan Dennard tied*Sara Raasch/Rae Carson tied*
Heather Demetrios
Rainbow Rowell
Amy ewing
Josephine Angelini
I am kind of on overload of things I must do...."
AHH HOW DID I FORGET RAE CARSON?! I just hope that doesn't happen the day of.....
Britt wrote: "In order of awesomeness - Leigh Bardugo/Susan Dennard tied*Sara Raasch/Rae Carson tied*
Heather Demetrios
Rainbow Rowell
Amy ewing
Josephine Angelini
I am kind of on overload of things I must do...."
OH MY GOSH I AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE. I'm missing the Heather Demtrios and Rae Carson signing, but hopefully I can make the rest! Sara isn't signing Ice Like Fire, but I am hoping to find it somewhere else during the conference.
Jessica wrote: "Britt wrote: "In order of awesomeness - Leigh Bardugo/Susan Dennard tied*Sara Raasch/Rae Carson tied*
Heather Demetrios
Rainbow Rowell
Amy ewing
Josephine Angelini
I am kind of on overload of thi..."
Rainbow Rowell/Marissa Meyer tied
Victoria Boecker
Leigh Bardugo
Emily Jones-Llyod
Amy Ewing
And I'm sure a bunch more authors once all of the autographing area and in-booth signings are released!
Jessica wrote: "Britt wrote: "In order of awesomeness - Leigh Bardugo/Susan Dennard tied*Sara Raasch/Rae Carson tied*
Heather Demetrios
Rainbow Rowell
Amy ewing
Josephine Angelini
I am kind of on overload of thi..."
Glad you told me about Sara! I mean love her but I wanted ice Like Fire cuts out a conflict for me anyway. Sorry Sara :-(
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Some other authors I'm looking forward to meeting that I haven't before include Richelle Mead, K.A. Tucker, Meredith Wild, Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong and Colleen Hoover.
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Some other authors I'm looking forward to meeting that I haven't before include Richelle Mead, K.A. Tucker, M..."
I'm really going to have to study and weigh my options this year. So much to see and do!
I just wanted to let everyone know that if you have emailed me about the spreadsheet, you might not have heard back from me, but I've added you to the list and I'll post on here once I get and send it out just in case I missed someone. I checked my email from last year and she sent it to me on May 7th, so hopefully by this time next week we'll have the full list!!
Am I crazy or did it say Ice Like Fire for Sara Raasch then it switched to Snow Like Ashes?
Britt wrote: "Am I crazy or did it say Ice Like Fire for Sara Raasch then it switched to Snow Like Ashes?"I'm not sure! I really thought she would be signing ILA though because she signed SLA last year. I'm kind of disappointed about that.
Jessica wrote: "Britt wrote: "Am I crazy or did it say Ice Like Fire for Sara Raasch then it switched to Snow Like Ashes?"I'm not sure! I really thought she would be signing ILA though because she signed SLA las..."
Yeah, I hate when they do that. I get they want to increase the reader base for certain books, but it's disappointing to loyal readers who have been there from the beginning. Same thing with Wendy Higgins signing Sweet Evil when her fans want the latest book!
I love Sara but me thinks that just cleared a time slot for me. I have a signed copy of SLA and an ecopy sooooo.... I can't wait to see the drop schedules I got a nifty lil notebook to record my stuffs. My hubby thinks I'm nuts since I keep planning but I don't care!! Bwahahahahahahahaha
Newbie here with a question (probably won't be my last!). If I am attending the author breakfast (in the round table area) will I get copies of the featured authors' books? Rainbow Rowell is at the children's breakfast, and if I can get her book signed then, I won't need to work her into my schedule when she does her in-booth signing.
The books of the featured authors are at the breakfast but there usually isn't any signing afterwards
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Not necessarily. Two years ago, I attended the children's author breakfast, and out of the four authors in attendance, we only got two books. And there was no signing time for either of them.
Krista wrote: "Donna wrote: "Newbie here with a question (probably won't be my last!). If I am attending the author breakfast (in the round table area) will I get copies of the featured authors' books? Rainbow Ro..."Same thing with one of the breakfasts last year - there were 5 people on the panel (including the emcee), only 4 of the books were out and about a third of the people only got 3. If you aren't at a table, you should get there early in case that happens again. And yes, none were signed.
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
This is a stupid "noob" question, but I feel so lost! If they're signing for books already published (Snow Like Ashes for example), are they giving them out or should you bring your own?
Krista wrote: "Brittany's wrote: "Question from a newbie:When the schedule on the BEA website has a certain book by an author "attached" to a certain signing (in like the related content or in the signing title..."
Not necessarily true, it's based on the author, I have tons of authors sign books that i have bought from home, starting with my first year there and this is my fourth time going. I generally ask the publicist or the author while I'm standing in line and they generally sign really quick, I have had authors ask me to hang back (Heather Graham) and they talked to me while sighing after the official signing was over. I had Brenda Jackson sign while I was on the line and there were like a good 100 people behind and she was amazing about it.
Krystal wrote: "This is a stupid "noob" question, but I feel so lost! If they're signing for books already published (Snow Like Ashes for example), are they giving them out or should you bring your own?"they give them out.
Laura wrote: "Krista wrote: "Donna wrote: "Newbie here with a question (probably won't be my last!). If I am attending the author breakfast (in the round table area) will I get copies of the featured authors' bo..."I think that was so silly, if we attended the breakfast they should have those books pre-signed or even have a signing just in the area of the breakfast then let the panelist go and sign later, half the line wouldn't be there if the breakfast people got their books signed during breakfast. UGh
Laura wrote: "I wrote to my contact at BEA to see if she can send me the full spreadsheet like she did last year, but it usually isn't until the full schedule is released. If I get it, I will certainly share again!"Hey Laura, can I get this again this year??
Aisha wrote: "Laura wrote: "Krista wrote: "Donna wrote: "Newbie here with a question (probably won't be my last!). If I am attending the author breakfast (in the round table area) will I get copies of the featur..."I agree. It also seems like a waste of books. If I get a copy of your book (unsigned) at the breakfast, but then stand in line to get a signed copy later, I now have two of the same book (and I've taken up a spot in the line which I wouldn't have if I already had a signed copy). Oh well :)
Aisha wrote: "Laura wrote: "Krista wrote: "Donna wrote: "Newbie here with a question (probably won't be my last!). If I am attending the author breakfast (in the round table area) will I get copies of the featur..."Sure! I'm not 100% sure I'll even be getting it, but if I do, I promise to share. email me: BookcaseLaura@gmail.com so I can add your email to the list. Last year I got it on May 7th.
I'm planning my BEA schedule and WHY FRIDAY WHY. Should I go to the Six of Crows signing (which will likely take forever) or should I do other things on my list instead? Oh, the struggles.
Melody wrote: "Ahhh! Did they just now release the entire autograph schedule or am I late? *opens excel*"
Eek! They had a partial up last week, but maybe this is the full one?
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*opens excel*"
I think it's still the partial that's been up for a week now. Still no table signing above table #17 and no in-booths yet. Any time now, BEA...
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The tickets are available in the morning beginning at 7 a.m. (or, at least, on a full day it's 7 a.m. I'm guessing maybe 11 a.m. on Wednesday?). The line starts early, so I would suggest getting there between 6 and 6:30 to get your ticket, then just get in line to get in the doors awhile.
If it were me, I'd save your line skip for a non-ticketed author that you really want to see that happens to be scheduled at the same time as another author you really want to see.