February 10, 2015
Our official Winter Institute checklist
by Liam O'Brien
NO SLEEP TIL…
Right now Melville House is at the ABA Winter Institute for the very first time! It’s a big deal to attend such a major bookselling/publishing event, and we’re collectively stoked to see all of you at Malaprop’s Bookstore this evening, where the inimitable Lynne Truss will be reading from her new novel Cat Out Of Hell.
But while Winter Institute is exciting and glamorous, there’s a lot of intense prep work that goes into attending. So for your edification and reading pleasure, here’s our supply list.
Hobnobbing suits (white linen)
Official Melville House Selfie Harpoon™
Fresh Yeezy Boosts (3 pair)
Ribald “Go Set A Watchman” puns
Galleys and galley-TARS
Awareness of shelves
Thinky jokes with poignant punchlines
ABA Members Only jacket
The very first Espresso Book Machine ever made
Unseasonable outerwear
Unreasonable outerwear
The only thing that has ever made French people happy
Horror stories about [REDACTED [but we all know who I’m talking about]]
Subterranean rogue architects and world-dominating pop stars
Cards Against Humanity, Melville Signature Deck™
Collusion repellant
“Publisher’s little helper”
A copy of Heads In Beds with a Post-it at the part where it tells you how to drain the minibar without getting billed
The only thing that can and will save us all
Books, I guess
Liam O'Brien is the Sales & Marketing Manager at Melville House, and a former bookseller.