BookExpo America Begins Today -- I'm At Mark Victor Hansen's MEGA Book New York

Today's the first day of BookExpo America 2007 -- the premier event serving the U.S. publishing industry -- and the Javits Convention Center will be teeming with thousands of people involved with the book business.

I'm looking forward to today, because I'm attending Mark Victor Hansen's MEGA Book New York so I can hobnob with other authors and get pearls of marketing wisdom from wonderful experts speaking to us at the Javits Convention Center.

It's always a treat to hear the bestselling author Mark Victor Hansen, because he offers fabulous tips to turn your book into a bestseller, something I'm eager to do with SUGAR SHOCK!

Previously I've heard most of the awesome speakers in today's program -- Mark, of course, as well as Alex Mandossian, Rick Frishman, Tom Antion, and Alex Carroll, and they're always full of insights and ideas.

But today, I'm especially eager to learn from two experts I've never met, Larry Kirshbaum and Brendon Burchard. In addition, I'm excited about the Agents and Publishers Interactive Q & A Panel.

Anyhow, it'll be interesting to attend BEA for the first time as a bona fide published author! I'm happy to have the time to be there this year -- last year I couldn't go because I was on tight book deadlines. And two years before that, when I attended, I was still a wanna-be author.