tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27332849.post4448211105933031255..comments2024-02-16T23:06:19.623-05:00Comments on Jay Garmon [dot] Net: Sci-fi convention 2.0Jay Garmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802050057083558237noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27332849.post-69001189447073834332008-11-21T19:57:00.000-05:002008-11-21T19:57:00.000-05:00Kentucky. Rivercon. Cavecon.Kentucky. Rivercon. Cavecon.Michael A. Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211701417263515896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27332849.post-28423957597565696902008-11-21T19:56:00.000-05:002008-11-21T19:56:00.000-05:00Few, few, very few authors will make enough attend...Few, few, very few authors will make enough attending a con to offset promotional expense. Just those whose autographs make a book significantly more valuable. And those writers often won't recoup expenses.<BR/><BR/>But most will go to a con in an instant if the publisher is paying for the "promotional benefit." I've seen it done a number of times, even attended Worldcons on the publisher's quarter.<BR/><BR/>It's worth asking the publisher, if a given author has a book coming out around the time of the con. All they can do is say "no." Whether or not they send the author, the publisher is likely to send promo copies of the book. And provide other Neat Stuff.<BR/><BR/>All such things are even more likely to happen near the end of the year, when some publishers suddenly learn that they need to spend some money on expenses soon for tax reasons.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe there are all that many SFWA members are deeply involved with twitter. Some you just have to look up and email 'em, or contact by landline. (A lot of 'em had to be dragged kicking and biting into the word processing age, cursing the weird machines and dot-matrix printers as things that would never catch on. The letters in the <I>SFWA Forum</I> were grand entertainment.)<BR/>--Mike On the Way to the Web<BR/>http://mikebanks.blogspot.comMichael A. Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211701417263515896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27332849.post-83294853954769892822008-11-10T11:22:00.000-05:002008-11-10T11:22:00.000-05:00Glad you like the idea! We had a satellite convent...Glad you like the idea! We had a satellite convention in Austin for a couple of years, called Linucon. But not one in Kentucky. Let me know if there's any way I can help.<BR/><BR/>-Matt Arnold<BR/>Conchair, Penguicon 7.0Matt Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277781162895848668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27332849.post-20370504499886076962008-11-07T10:49:00.000-05:002008-11-07T10:49:00.000-05:00Interesting ideas.And I sound English and manly. :...Interesting ideas.<BR/><BR/>And I sound English and manly. :)Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435582231180905967noreply@blogger.com