Day 3, Part 1 – Frankfurt Buchmesse
Frankfurt, October 9th, 2013.
Day 3 was the day for me to attend Frankfurt Buchmesse. I had to carry a big rolling luggage (approximately having a weight of 30kg) full of books along with my backpack. I could not imagine myself pulling the bag for 0.8 kilometre to the train station, pull it up the steps, pull it on the train, pull it out of the train, pull it up the escalator and pull it for a walk for about 0.7 kilometre to the book fair hall… so, I took a cab. My husband helped me pull it to the taxi stand. Cost me €30 from Offenbach to Messehalle. And the real pulling job was done right from the book fair ground entrance to Malaysia Pavilion at Hall 5 for about half a kilometre. Boy, it was really heavy! I could really felt it on my wrists! I use both hands alternately.
Anyway, soon as I reached Malaysia Pavilion at Hall 5, I arranged my books. I was the only one who had an empty shelf. Others had done arranging a day before.
I didn’t know what to do because it was my first experience taking a booth, so as it was the first day, I just watched how Linda my agent made conversation while introducing books. Most of the publishers who came had made appointments with her before the fair started so they practically narrowed down books they wanted, came to see the books and made verbal agreement. It was smooth! But I know my agent had worked hard on her side also. She sent lists of books and synopsis to publishers and invited them to come over to our booths to have a look at the books.
A publisher from Taiwan interested in my Lil’ Guardians.
Linda showing my ABC Coloring Book to a publisher.
Yep, the first day went smoothly and so did the rest of the days I attended the bookfair. I met publishers from around the world, talked to them and gave some goodies I made and brought from home. I even stood on the aisle (With Mariah Tio, Linda’s assistant during the fair) giving away some of my postcards and bookmarks just to promote my works. To view more photos, do visit my Frankfurt Bookfair 2013 album on Facebook.
Wondering what were the boys doing? Stay tuned for Day 3, Part 2.
13 Comments
Liltblithe
Awesome! Congrats, kak!
cikcloudy
the boys pergi explore the city kot… cant wait for the next entry 🙂
cikcloudy
kak em, saw ur ig just now, is that the calendar for 2014 u r working on? nak beliiii
emila
Yes dear. Dah up for pre-order. Nanti akak buat post kat blog pula ya.
emila
Yes…..tunggu ya.
emila
Thanks, dear!
aima
im proud of u
emila
Thank you 🙂
Syuq
Banyak pengalaman Ms. Linda kan!!! Persediaan dibuat awal-awal, jadi semua pun berjalan lancar dan sampai matlamat. Seronok dapat belajar dari orang berpengalaman..
emila
Betul. Dia dah banyak pergi merata bookfairs dan dah banyak pengalaman.
jaja
the books/artworks from the photos all look nice..
love the bright colors
wish can own one.. 😀
Yukino Hinata
pity kak emi had to bring those books all the way to the fair. but as the saying goes, ‘experience is the best teacher’ hihi 😉
Glory jane
I was wondering why you need to bring so much stuff to the book fair?
Rupa-rupanya writer and illustrator need to bring their own stuff to the fair by themselves. I thought we mail it earlier to whoever incharge and they display it for us.