72 Hours in New York City: Part 3

This final installment of "A Suggested Itinerary to Get the Most Out of BEA, ABA, and NYC" offers ABA member booksellers tips and highlights for Thursday, May 27, at the trade show. Read the first two installments on BookWeb.org.

Thursday, May 27

7:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: The ABA members-only Bag Check (Room 1E06) is open for business, until 5:30 p.m. Thursday morning's breakfast starts at 8:00, and what a line-up! Condoleezza Rice, John Grisham, Mary Roach, and Jon Stewart!

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.: ABA Booksellers Lounge open. Indie Next List author autographing continues, exclusively for ABA member booksellers. Also, please come and help eat all the snacks, which are provided courtesy of ABA's service providers, PartnerShip and BookScan, so the ABA staff isn't forced to finish them!

9:00 a.m.: BEA trade show floor opens. The trade show floor is open until 5:00 p.m., so be sure to pace yourself.

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: If you RSVP'd to ABC's Tea With Children's Authors, head on over to Room 1E11 for a spot and more.

5:00 p.m.: Trade show floor closes, ABA Lounge closes, we all fall down!

IT'S OVER!

And if your book-talk lust still isn't sated, keep reading Bookselling This Week for details on Winter Institute 6, in Washington, D.C., in January 2011.

Enjoy NYC if you're staying, and safe travels wherever you are headed.