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Sessions

Wednesday 13 July, 2011

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Agents
50 minutes, 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT

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Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Barry Goldblatt (Participant)

In part one of the day’s four part publishing track, a panel of agents discuss the world of young adult literature—what work they represent, what t...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Editors
50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

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Ally Carter (Moderator)

Cheryl Klein (Participant)

David Levithan (Participant)

Julie Strauss-Gabel (Participant)

Editors discuss how they go about acquiring and editing YA—how they have to balance their love of a book with the business of publishing. Q&A i...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
The Relationship Panel
50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

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Rebecca Sherman (Moderator)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Julie Strauss-Gabel (Participant)

Barry Goldblatt (Participant)

David Levithan (Participant)

Libba Bray (Participant)

An author, an agent, and an editor walk into a convention center. This is not a joke - it's actually a panel. Meet two author-agent-editor teams an...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Books, the basics
50 minutes, 12:30 PM EDT - 1:20 PM EDT

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Cheryl Klein (Moderator)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

Julie Strauss-Gabel (Participant)

Barry Goldblatt (Participant)

How do books get made, anyway? What do agents do? Do editors change your stuff? Who makes covers? Will publishing a book make you instantly rich an...
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Our new electronic overlords
1 hour, 1:30 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT

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Ally Carter (Moderator)

Barry Goldblatt (Participant)

Julie Strauss-Gabel (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

Cheryl Klein (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Charlotte Jones Voiklis (Participant)

E-books will destroy us! E-books will save us! Are we doomed, or is this the best thing to happen since the printing press? Should electronic books...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Author Signings
1 hour, 2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT

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Scott Westerfeld (Moderator)

Arthur A. Levine (Moderator)

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Ally Carter (Moderator)

David Levithan (Moderator)

Libba Bray (Moderator)

Scott Westerfeld, Robin Wasserman, Ally Carter, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Arthur A. LevineSignings with Maureen Johnson, John Green, Ch...