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Subject:RE: The Business of Conferences From:bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Dec 2000 15:22:27 -0600
Another point that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is that the
writers present at SF and comic book conventions are there mostly to promote
sales of their books. Therefore, they are being remunerated (if successful)
in increased royalties.
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> From: Le Vie, DonaldX S [SMTP:donaldx -dot- s -dot- le -dot- vie -at- intel -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 2:15 PM
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> Subject: RE: The Business of Conferences
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> It seems to me as has been pointed out before that the SF conventions are
> attended mostly by fans of SF, not practitioners of it. There's a
> different
>
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