{"id":490,"date":"2009-05-28T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2009\/05\/28\/and-so-it-begins\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T08:10:00","slug":"and-so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"And So It Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve arrived in the Big City!&nbsp;Off &#8212; a little later than anticipated &#8212; to the Day of Education. Looking forward to learning about book clubs, Thought Leadership (it sounds so intriguing and beneficial) and lots more. One of the things I like about the Day of Education is it&#8217;s more relaxed than when the show floor is open. Today is about reconnecting with friends who I only see once a year and focusing on learning how to be a better bookstore. Once that show floor opens it&#8217;s a no-holds barred race to see as much as possible while trying to go as many events as possible. Today&#8217;s somewhat leisurely pace is to be savored before the real chaos begins.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/abcauction2009.shutterfly.com\/25?size=All&amp;startIndex=0\">ABC Not-a-Dinner and (Mostly) Silent Auction<\/a> preview site so you&#8217;ll know what you want to bid on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&rsquo;ve arrived in the Big City!&nbsp;Off &mdash; a little later than anticipated &mdash; to the Day of Education. Looking forward to learning about book clubs, Thought Leadership (it sounds so intriguing and beneficial) and lots more. One of the things I like about the Day of Education is it&rsquo;s more relaxed than when the show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}