[Deptheads] observations

[Patrick Havert]

Folks,

The only thing I have against this is that the Sci Fi cons do a much bigger deal about the authors that live in the area.  If it brings people out, great, but we are competing with a group that's been doing that for 30 years.  The real problem I see is that these guys usually get paid to come out, either a per book signing fee, or a up front fee from the con.  We should find out what some of the "local" authors get paid for this.

-Patrick

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  From: Evil5757 at aol.com 
  To: deptheads at strategicon.net 
  Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:19 AM
  Subject: Re: [Deptheads] observations


  Going "outside the box," vampire sex authors would bring people from outside gaming to the con to see women like Hamilton and Harrison.  I'll do some checking to see who is local we MIGHT want to hit up on for something like this and make a list.

  Maybe a quick survey at Gamex about "We are considering bringing in some authors to Guest at Gateway...what authors do you read?" might give some perspective in the area of who our current customers keep up with....?

  John

  In a message dated 3/6/2008 5:41:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, spinachcat at yahoo.com writes:
    Authors could be interesting guests.  Our RPGA dude Mike Rizzo just talked with Ed Greenwood (Forgotten Realms books) and Ed is open to being a future guest.  SoCal probably has a dozen known authors.   However, I am unsure how many people will come see authors at a gaming con.   Does anyone have any point of reference for this? 







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