Per the Jim Butcher Announcement mailing list Jim is only doing a LARP event Saturday (1130A to 6P).

I'm BEYOND shocked that they have their biggest author guest not scheduled for any literary panels, signings, or even readings. Hopefully it's just a miscommunication, but I'll still be there & will bring my books just in case

Has the weather been an issue down there as up here in Chicagoland?  Lots of snow recently kinda put the kabosh on travel plans.  Maybe folks are waiting to see how things pan out around there.  Either way, I truly doubt that Mr. Butcher's fans in that area won't turn out.  Most likely, they are just waiting till closer to the time frame.

Good point! Seems like weather EVERYWHERE this year has been extremely rough. Down here we're not used to snow/ice events which makes things more complicated. Yes, I am a complete wimp when it comes to winter weather which is why I live in the South.

Just wanted to say "thanks" to the magnificent jeditigger who was phenomenal at getting Jim where he needed to go (and on time)!

I've been a DragonCon volunteer for 16 years & y'all should know that most of the Senior Directors are huge Jim fans (but can't ever make it to see panels so watch things on youtube later - thank you DragonConTV + fans). This was the first year that the programming committee was able to schedule multiple signings (bigger room with more room to line up) & the first year authors had a chance to do a signing longer than one panel block (90 minutes) so I was extremely grateful. Last time I tried to get into the signing but they'd cut the line off SUPER early.

It was WONDERFUL to see a full house for his solo Q&A! I believe only a few folks were turned away per the security folks outside the door, but there were literally ZERO empty seats to be seen. (There could have been random empty seats where folks didn't move all the way to the end of the row, but we did all want the panel to start on time, right?) Since I've been on staff so long I know volunteers who know hotel staff so I was thankfully able to point them to a back way to get out to avoid the massive crowd leaving/coming in at the Westin.

I called B&N Buckhead (Atlanta, GA) today...

Tickets will be given out @ 5P.

Purchase of Ghost Story is mandatory to get something signed. (Any other purchase - even if it's by Jim - doesn't count.) I did not ask, but I assume that 1 Ghost Story = 1 ticket.

Purchase must be made @ the Buckhead location.

# of books/items Jim will sign is up to Jim

Q&A (or not) is completely up to Jim (they do have a microphone for him to use if he chooses).

I'm so TOTALLY going to take that trivia quiz!!!!!! Awesome!