[Deptheads] observations

[Eric Burgess]

Agreed. Personally, I think this idea is DOA unless it is completely free,
doesn't take up much space and requires virtually no effort. Even then, it
will add zero to the attendees numbers (except, perhaps, the author's
families) and might amuse a very small portion of attendees at best.

As someone who worked in the book industry for many years and hosted
hundreds of author visits (including dozens at sci-fi cons), it is rare that
you can get people to really come out for these kind of guys. Only really
big names will draw people and for those folks, we are competing with the
local sci-fi cons and stores. There are a ton of other opportunities to see
these people if you want to do so.

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...ERB

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On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Patrick Havert <patrickhavert at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>  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
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
> *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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