The Vegas Valley Book Festival was ranked 10th in a list of 25 book fairs and festivals deemed to be the best for readers, fans, publishers and authors to attend according to book publicist and president of Westwind Communications, Scott Lorenz. In his post on sellingbooks.com, Lorenz evinces the reasons why fairs and festivals are important venues in addition to the sexy appeal of social media:
“Book fairs provide an excellent opportunity to encounter media reps in search of a story. Producers of TV and radio programs, editors of newspapers, magazines, book reviewers and online media outlets attend these events in search of stories that otherwise would be under their radar. Never, never pass up on the opportunity to meet the media. Keep an eye out for small I-phone sized video cameras too as they shoot broadcast quality footage in natural light. If you see somebody using one, invite them over and give them a pitch. They could be shooting for C-SPAN, CNN, a book review blog or the local cable show; you won’t know unless you ask.”
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