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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Unfortunately that's not an option authors have. Would you pay to attend a reading or booksigning by your favorite author?
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Actually, quite a few people already do. People pay to attend sf conventions and see and hear their favourite authors speak and get to hang out in the bar with them. Admittedly not everyone goes to cons for that reason, but a lot still do. Then there's the Edinburgh Book Festival (I live in Glasgow) where, yes, people do pay to see and hear their favourite authors.
I'm not by any means advocating this, by the way, as a serious means of authors making money, simply pointing out that there are times and places - mainstream literary festivals and genre cons - when people will in fact reach for their wallets just to hear and see a particular author. Assuming they're already a big name, of course.