"dont lose your focus, and dont take all those books only because its lying there free" was the first advise i got from an american author/publisher who's been in the industry for 25yrs and a veteran exhibitor of BEA (book expo america) and went on to give me a list of priority things to do as first time exhibitor.
in this year's book expo at jacob javits convention center in new york, independent book publishers are all over..a welcome sight, i was told, that independent publishing is now in the mainstream.
indeed, thats a good news to me.
but the bad news is, no other filipino exhibitor-neither author nor publisher was in there. an old timer (exhibitor) told me that i was brave to conquer BEA coming all the way from the mideast -, a 14hr direct flight from dubai, and all alone by myself, but made my strong presence felt. he told me its good enough i dint drown in the immensity of the event.
he was wrong aktwali, kasi nalunod ako sa freebies!
Congratulations for conquering New York City - mark owen villanueva
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Wilma! What you've done is a great feat. Every South Cotabateno should be proud of you.. Good luck to your future initiatives...
ReplyDeleteoh sorry, its seldom i visit my blog.
ReplyDeletethx Mark & Cesar,we'l strive to deliver the good images of south cotabato, the whole of socsargen and Mindanao, across the globe