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2010-06-26 · John, Julie Strauss-Gabel, a guest · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · personal update

John reports from the American Library Association's annual conference in Washington, D.C., where he meets authors and librarians, sits on a panel, gets his editor to confirm his next novel, and collects free advance copies.

What is said

00:00:00 — John at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.: 30,000 librarians, authors he gets to meet, two panels

  • ★★★ John is in Washington, D.C. for the American Library Association's annual conference, which he calls the highlight of the young adult literature social calendar. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John says the conference lets you hang out with about 30,000 librarians. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John calls librarians the secret superheroes of America. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John gets to meet authors he likes: Nina LaCour, the authors of Beautiful Creatures, Lauren Oliver, Maryrose Wood and Diana Peterfreund. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John went to a panel he wasn't on, then sat on one with David Levithan about using the internet to attract readers. — 00:00:00 · David Levithan

00:00:34 — Panel on using the internet to lure readers; John's editor Julie Strauss-Gabel on his next novel (desert island, girl narrator)

  • ★★ John talks with his editor, Julie Strauss-Gabel, about his new book on camera. — 00:00:34
  • ★★★ Asked whether the new book will be John's next book for sure, his editor says yes; she says she loves it, though she has not finished it. (playful) — 00:00:34 · John Green
  • ★★★ John's editor describes the book: a desert island, a dangerously attractive boy who's up to no good (John demurs), and a girl narrator. — 00:00:34

00:01:15 — Free advance reader copies: Cassandra Clare, a staged Mockingjay-or-Standiford choice, a gavel pen; see you Monday

  • ★★ At the conference advance reader copies of hundreds of books are free to take; John grabs the new Cassandra Clare. — 00:01:15
  • ★★ Offered (in a staged choice) an early Mockingjay or Natalie Standiford's Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters, John picks Standiford's, says he is excited for it, and admits Mockingjay wasn't really there. (playful) — 00:01:15
  • ★ John shows other conference swag, a gavel that is also a pen. (playful) — 00:01:15

Humor (significant)

  • John's panel with David Levithan asks how to use the internet to lure readers. — 00:00:34 > «That sounds like the beginning of an episode of To Catch a Predator, you know?»
  • John asks his editor, who says she loves his new book but hasn't finished it, why she hasn't finished it. — 00:00:34 > «I don't love it that much.»
  • John shows conference swag: a gavel that is also a pen. — 00:01:15 > «I hereby declare it time to write.»

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