Important > Calendar Event Discussion

Jim and Shannon at Laura Leigh's Reader Appreciation Weekend Sept 9-12, 2010

<< < (2/4) > >>

Chiroptera:
They also list a "Public Author Signing" on the last day.  Does it mean someone could attend just that and not the whole event?  The website is a bit vague on how everything works.

Blondiegrrl:
I can't even find a contact number on the web site; the only number they list is the hotel's, and as I don't need to book a room, I doubt the hotel would be of any help.

blondie:
If you go to the contact page, you can find all of the contact information. The coordinator has listed her phone number as well as an email address.

Limiting the books was done at the author's requests. They do plan on being available throughout the conference to sign previously purchased books, they just wanted them limited at the official signing so they wouldn't get bombarded. Last year some of their hands were pretty sore...:)

As for the public signing, that's open to anyone. You don't have to attend the event to go to that signing. The parties are a blast though and your registration includes both Friday and Saturday night dinners. It's alot of fun. Last year they had over 200 attend.

Hope that helped to answer at least some of the questions...:)

Priscellie:
I just heard from one of the con organizers.  She had the following to say:



--- Quote ---I noticed on Jim's Calendar the bloggers have some misconceptions.

Though we aren't allowing outside books during the Private Scheduled Signing, we DO have a room set aside where authors can go and sign their fans' pre-purchased books. It's up to the authors whether they wish to participate. We do this in order to allow the authors time to relax as well.

The Mezzanine of the hotel is going to be set-up so that authors have a comfortable place to hang out and sign, we just need to know what times they want to. We'll post the times in the Mezzanine as well as in the Welcome Bags for the attendees. We ARE limiting this to 5 books per author (though I'm sure there will be some folks who fudge this).

Also, the $130.00 fee is to cover the private events, the two catered parties, two breakfasts, the Private Signing as well as the Mezzanine Signing.

On Sunday, the signing is open to the public, free of charge. We do a lot of advertising and expect there to be long lines on Sunday.

This is a really fun, laid back event. We don't want the authors going home exhausted, we want them going home with a "Can't wait for next year" attitude. So far, we've been very successful in keeping authors and readers anticipating the next year! There is also a contact page on our website - it has my email address as well as my cellphone number.
--- End quote ---

Stiletto:
Kind of wish I was going here instead of Dragoncon. It sounds a LOT less crazy. But....not familiar with the other authors, and already preregistered with hotel reservations for Dragoncon.  Plus...west virginia?!? Yikes. Wish JB would come to Raleigh... it is way cooler than WV.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page