Books making b-b-b-beeps

We started the book unit today! And you know what that means. Free books! We got five free books today. I can't imagine how many books I'll have in three weeks at this rate.

We talked about e-readers a lot. Some people are afraid that e-readers will replace the sales of print books, which could be bad because digital books cost less to the consumer despite that production costs are almost the same as for print. Others don't believe that the digital books will replace print books but instead become a fourth edition the way books come out in hard cover, then trade paperback, then massmarket, then digital. At the end of the day (a phrase I've heard just about every speaker say now), a book is its content, not its format.

We learned that ABC is producing a book supposedly written by Richard Castle from the TV series Castle. They told us who it's actually written by and how they're going to make money off it. They say the series is for sure coming back in the fall.

We got our group assignments. I'm EXECUTIVE EDITOR this time. We have to create an imprint (a mini-publishing company). My job is to write the book descriptions, write the text that goes on the jacket, do the book briefs, etc. Our two ideas for imprints so far are edgy YA books or modernized classics in graphic novel form. I'm happy with both those ideas. In fact, after class, we went to Forbidden Planet to look at some graphic novels because a couple people in the group didn't know what they are (so many people think graphic refers to content, not that it means illustrated). Forbidden Planet was PACKED with people. Didn't spend very long in there.

My new roommate stopped by while I was out and left a note that says she's moving in NEXT Sunday. That's all I have on that front.

Tomorrow: SPI Alumni party.