This week at BEA:

Smokler on May 25, 2010

The boys from BookTour will be at Book Expo America
this coming week. We'll be meeting users, partners and friends as well
as talking, just a little, about our upcoming plans for the All New
BookTour!

Our schedule, roughly speaking, is as follows…

Monday, May 24th:

  • We'll be knocking around BEA's new DIY Authors Conference,
    discussing new industry zigs and zags for aspiring, self-published and
    entrepreneurial authors. These folks get a lot of milage out of
    BookTour since it's a free tool that doesn't descriminate between
    bestselling or up and coming books. 


Tuesday, May 25th:

We're taking meetings on the main conference floor most of the day but plan to break for these can't miss events. 

  • 7X20X21. One of the coolest things our industry does. 

Wednesday, May 26th:

I think we have enough meetings on this conference day to bottleneck
the UN. If you see us on the conference floor, say hello and give us a
hug. We will need it.

Wednesday night however, we plan on attending The BEA Tweetup. As should you. We went last year and it split our world open. No foolin. 

Thursday, May 27th:

Slightly fewer meetings. If you've like to sit down with us, this would be the best day. So far.

That night however, we're calling the Can't Miss Event the Goodreads Literary Pub Crawl. We don't drink and we're planning on being sloshed on good cheer and bookish comradeship.


Bottom Line:

If you've like to meet us at BookTour, for business reasons or just to say hi, we are around! Running, but around.

 
Email: kevin@booktour.com or message on twitter (@Weegee)

See you at the BEA!

Thought of the Day: “Tears”

Smokler on December 17, 2009

“There is a sacredness in
tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more
eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of
overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.”

—Washington Irving

Consumed: Da Vinci, Dan Deacon, Objectified

Smokler on April 23, 2009

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SXSW2009: Everyday Glory, D. Keith Robinson

Smokler on April 9, 2009

My old friend Keith Robinson was the absolute first person, (save roommate James McNally) I ran into at SXSW 2009. We practically knocked heads at a ridiculously crowded Opening Party at a bar called the Ginger Man which I snuck into by moving a garbage bin and squeezing through a back gate.

 I recommend this establishment for its excellent back patio and long deep booths. Since I don't drink, I judge most bars by how they treat my rear end.

Anyway, Keith is the creative director of Blue Flavor, an amazing Seattle design house that handled all the beneath-the-drywall wiring at South by Southwest's site. On his own, he's always working on about 6 different personal projects and mainting a brace of personal websites, enviable as I find twittering a few times a day like an hour at the gym.

Keith's designs are simple, strong and out of my price range. One day I'll have him remake these digs and pay him with my left ankle.

He used to have a music podcast I loved which has since vanished beneath the digital horizon. He now keeps it down, musically speaking at Danger is my First Name.com. Not many free mp3's here but like its podcast ancestor, it manages to be cool without sneering at me because I still think The Alarm is cool, an ethos my fragile ego appreciated.

We gabbed a bunch, caught up, (we only seen to run each other at SXSW or WebVisions) and I headed off into the evening and a week's worth of delightful, chance encounters.

Press

Smokler on January 17, 2009

I’m interviewed or asked every so often to give my thoughts on culture, technology and their collective future. 

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Consulting

Smokler on January 17, 2009

Creative Guide San Francisco

 “Mapping an awesome future for artists, organizations and businesses since 2002.” 

 

Creative Guide, my consulting practice, specializes in helping creative people, small business and artistic organizations assess where they are and map out how to reach where they’d like to be.  For nearly 10 years, I’ve worked with writers, filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, theaters, galleries and cafes on adopting to producing awesome content and experiences in the loud and crowded 21st century

My speciality is the one hour brain-storm/map mapping over coffee in San Francisco. Longer projects and engagements are negotiated on a case–by-case basis. 

Questions? Get in touch. Happy to speak with you.  References available anytime you like. 

Areas of Focus:

  • 21st century marketing and careers for artists
  • I wrote a book. Now what? 
  • Entrepreneurship and the arts.
  • How to market the arts without dumbing them down.
  • Reaching the distracted cultural consumer. 

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