Anymore. You have to let other people tell their stories about coke, okay . So is he was talking in, you know, in these terms, in advertising terms about how its no longer dont tell us how green giant grew from a little sprout to a giant, you have to let people tell you about their experiences with green bean cat role. But in cat role. He said its not beginning, middle and end anymore. People go into worlds online, and they want to live in those worlds, and they want to experience them. I remember this, this was a long time ago, playing mist, you know . Thinking i dont want to win, i just want to hang out in this world for a while. And its the same thing with all of these Online Gaming experiences and worlds and places you can go into. I think the idea of what a story is, is actually cracking and changing. And that could be for good or for bad, but it does have a lot of effect on Attention Span and what we decide to read and consume, and, you know, how we find out about stories. So its
Especially on facebook. Its harder to find stuff. They have hashtags now which i dont think people really use because they didnt do for so you dont search for things on facebook. You usually find it through french sharing. The more people who are on it sharing your content the more people who will see it. Its a domino effect so i think he has worked well. We do giveaways where people could sign up for letters as well as follow us on social media. When we did a good way of mens book we went on twitter and he retreated agreed tweeted a tweet that we put on. He has millions of followers and its crazy how many tweets he has and how many followers he has. Thats one instance of a author helping a small outlook outlet like us and seeing him so of old wood involved was really great. Who is a good story about something that was an effective . [laughter] well, you know, one of the things that i do think is ineffective is when you do something and people dont understand what its all about, what t
Is, is actually cracking and changing. And that could be for good or for bad, but it does have a lot of effect on Attention Span and what we decide to read and consume, and, you know, how we find out about stories. So its kind of im leaving that kind of amorphous, but i thought it was really something to Pay Attention to. No, i think its an excellent point. Susan, now you as a novelist also who has a new book coming out who is now no longer hiding it there [laughter] how engaged in the social media world are you . Do you try to do everything . Do you find something that youre most comfortable with . What are you sort of feeling like these days promoting yourself and your own book . Yeah. Thats not one of my strengths. Im just really not that comfortable on social media. Im trying to be a little more aggressive about it. Im finally i think two books ago the publicist set up for me a Facebook Page and a twitter account, and im only now just trying to learn how to use the twitter account
Then to convince people they should be reading. Least, silene your Electronic Devices for the audience and for our friends at home. Ts panel [inaudible conversations] todays panel is called connecting on thursday and readers discussing how publishers writers and the media and booksellers help readers discovered new books and authors. Without further ado i will introduce our panel and let them tell you what they do. We have taryn roeder associate producer of publicity and works of the publicity campaigns for fiction and nonfiction books. Authors include Temple Brandon and previously based in washington d. C. And has aaron is a creative writing. Next to her is susan coll the events and programs director at politics prose. Her fifth novel is published in july. Next to her is katie dvorak the social media director for the washington independent review of books the web site rimm by volunteers to produce all things look related aff for reviews. She also works at the copy editor by day ankeny
Festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] first up steve vogel the author of through the perilous fight talking about his book at the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please direct your attention up there and for those in the back if you would like to move forward you are also welcome to do so if you would like. Welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is garrett peck and i am a lover of local history and beer and trains. Actually we will wait for just a second. One of the wonderful things about being in gaithersburg we are in old an Old Town Square and theres a real town that is here and the railroad station is right behind us which is a wonderful Historic Place to go to. Gaithersburg is a vibrant diversity that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. We are pleased to bring you this festival and event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers so please visit the