'Welcome to Hollywood' Reception: Refreshments, Authors, Friends

Booksellers at Wednesday night's "Welcome to Hollywood" Author Reception at this year's BookExpo America will mingle with some of their favorite California authors while enjoying light refreshments, courtesy of Harry N. Abrams and Da Capo Lifelong Books. The reception, co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association, begins at 5:00 p.m. at the famed Egyptian Theatre, just down the street from Hotel ABA.

"Harry N. Abrams is thrilled to be supporting the 'Welcome to Hollywood' author reception at BEA this year," said Michael Jacobs, president and CEO of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. "ABA and its members are invaluable to the success of our books and our industry."

Abrams is sponsoring the wine at the reception to celebrate Laura Holmes Haddad's Anything But Chardonnay, published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, in March. Haddad, a food and wine journalist and the founder of www.Gourmetgrrl.com, arranged for wine distributor Brown-Forman to supply wine for this year's party.

Da Capo Lifelong Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, and Mäni's Bakery will be providing special bakery items in honor of Mäni Naill's new cookbook Sweet! Home Baking With Every Kind of Natural Sugar and Sweetener.

For members arriving earlier in the day on Wednesday, ABA has made special arrangements with a local walking tour company, which has added a significant literary edge to its standard Hollywood Walking Tour (space is limited for this unique tour, so members are urged to sign up today). There will also be a shuttle bus to take members for a special tour of the Getty Museum and Bookstore. The list of things to do and see in L.A. is endless, so ABA has also provided a suggested list of alternative activities, but all member booksellers are reminded to be back in time for the Author Reception at 5:00 p.m. (Read more.)