A quick update for you all.
First of all, yes, we are trying to make sure everyone who wants to see Jim will be able to get into his panels. His solo talk will be Saturday morning and in the ballroom at the Sheraton that seats around 1,500 (where we will have several of the author guest solo talks this year). One group panel will also be there on Friday. The rest will be in 500 seat rooms in the convention center, so those may reach capacity. There's been lots of going back and forth with other programming departments over who gets to use the bigger rooms and we think we have it sorted out now. Its really been a big jigsaw puzzle this year with the number of authors we have and as the schedule comes together, pieces get moved around so I've held off publishing the specific day/time for those that might still move.
We are planning to do a signing each day, but those haven't been finalized yet.
I do want to note that our membership projections have gone up and there is the possibility that memberships may end up capped. The price for the weekend does go up at midnight tonight, so if you want to save a few dollars, go for it.
We did announce some new guests of note, Paul and Storm, who will be doing a concert on Friday night with definite participation by John Scalzi and Pat Rothfuss (and possibly others). You may have seen their video with George R. R. Martin showing up called "Write Like the Wind".
Any other questions, post them here.
Lee Whiteside
Books and Authors Manager, Phoenix Comicon