Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:27:31 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,<wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Philcon
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> <samlubell at verizon.net> 11/23/2009 1:57 PM >>>
>Mike didn't mention that the pocket program (and program book) didn't =
arrive until two
>or three hours after programming had started.  So, knowing the books were =
not there,
>did the committee put up signs near the info table saying what the =
programming was?
>Did they have people directing the curious to the appropriate panels? Did =
they do
>absolutely anything they wouldn't have needed to do if the program guides =
were there?
>Of course not.  This was a Philcon.

The Souvenir Book went online before the con.  And let me say, it was an =
amusing publication.  Well ... I was going to post the link, but it's =
returning a "Not Found" error.  Go to http://2009.philcon.org/ and click =
on the Program Book link ... it may eventually come alive.

[snippage]

>As to dealer sales, considering the economy and competition from the =
Internet, I'm not
>surprised dealers were down. With amazon and google, the days of Amazon =
being the
>only place to find certain merchandise are over.

I would put it more to the economy rather than online competition.  =
Especially when the non-book dealers were spiraling down the drain faster =
than the book dealers.   It also didn't help that there were too many =
dealers.  Regardless of stock ... just too many.

mjw