[Deptheads] observations

[Evil5757 at aol.com]

Don't forget, in 1997 we got Tom Clancy to come out for free to  
Origins....ZERO cost to us....because he was promoting a game he just  developed.  Red Sox 
pitcher Curt Schilling goes to New England gaming  conventions and signs 
autographs for free because he is a huge Miniatures  gamer.  See if there is 
someone out there that we can share promotional's  with and let's see what 
happens....?
 
John
 
In a message dated 3/10/2008 1:59:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
erburgess at gmail.com writes:

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.
 
-- 
...ERB

Boardgame Babylon - 2007 Board Game Internet Award  winner for Best 
Podcast/Videocast


On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Patrick Havert <_patrickhavert at sbcgloba
l.net_ (mailto: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
 

 

 
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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_ (mailto: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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