So evidently, even though we were immersed in all things BEA, the biggest story seems to have passed us by till now. That being Oprah Winfrey's book deal with Simon & Schuster for a weight-loss book. The advance payout? Evidently higher than what Bill Clinton got for MY LIFE, making Winfrey's haul the biggest advance for a non-fiction book.

The NYT's Motoko Rich was in attendance and filed this report about Kathleen McGowan's reversal of fortune, as she went from self-publishing her book to a seven-figure advance (and requisite marketing buzz) for her debut novel, THE EXPECTED ONE.

USA Today's Carol Memmott points out other buzzed-about galleys, as does the NY Post's Keith Kelly, while the Washington Post comments on the so-called divide between "technorati" and "literati." Or as the AP's Hillel Italie put it, "BEA could be divided into three categories: those anxious for change, those who accept it and those who resist."