Well, we are just beginning to recover from three full days at Book Expo America (BEA). Representing ThingsAsain Press, Janet Brown and I handed out copies of new titles To Vietnam With Love and Everyday Life. Both were big hits with booksellers, and Everyday Life in particular was ooh’d and ah’d over by librarians, who all expressed interest in carrying this colorful, bilingual (English/Chinese) title. We also attended some Chinese publishing seminars, where the response to Strolling in Macau was fabulous. Everyone wanted a copy of this beautiful guidebook whose focus is architecture, walking tours, and an intriguing Chinese-Portuguese heritage, rather than casinos. We were also popular for the striking orange and red ThingsAsian bags that we were handing out—we gave away hundreds!
Along with meeting booksellers and librarians, the other goal of the convention was to find a distributor for ThingsAsian Press, so books can be easily ordered. This was another area in which we had great success, and soon you will be able to get your hands on To Vietnam With Love and all our other great titles whenever you want. Stay tuned.
