Off to Book Expo America

I'll be in New York City for the weekend, along with the rest of the Godine crew, out of touch (and likely out of breath). It's all sales sales sales with intermittent lapses for meetings, presentations, catalogs, and maybe some galleys. I suspect there will be a certain amount of doom and gloom as well, since the AP recently reported book sales down 20% this year (and this guy runs Random House). Scary stuff. But generally, I'm optimistic — because I'm young and I got nothing anyway, and up is the only way to move. If you're down at BEA, swing by the Godine booth on Saturday or Sunday and say hello!