Free Weekend Buzz Book Expo with Horror Publishers-- Streamed or Recorded

Below is an awesome Collection Development and Readers' Advisory activity for this weekend. You can watch it live or catch the recording later. Either way, it is a wonderful overview of they type of horror coming out right now. 

While it mostly features small publishers [but Saga, from big 5 S&S will be there too], and you might find title you want to add to your collections, I really want people to attend this event to hear the publishers talk about their offerings. Listen to the book talks, notice the trends across publishers, think about if those types of stories will work with your patrons. Make connections to other horror titles you already have, ones that you know people enjoy. But also notice trends across genres.

You can learn a lot more from any given "Book Buzz" than what you should order or not; if you really listen you can learn about the current state of the genre and larger trends. Honestly, that is my favorite thing about Book Buzzes, not finding titles I want to read myself, but learning about ALL the books that are coming soon and making connections across them all in relation to how I will suggest them.

Noticing the comp titles, hearing key terms or themes over and over again, this is why we attend them, not to fill our TBRs. It is just that most of the buzz's we attend are not broken up by genre, and horror specifically usually only gets a mention or two.

Not this weekend though! Just in time for you to start prepping for the October onslaught.

For the full information and schedule please go to author Mary SanGiovanni's website here. But I have also reprinted the key info below.

Buzz Book Expo 2020

August 22-23, 2020. Attend for free HERE — just click on the Buzz Book Expo Livestream.

SCHEDULE (All times are EST.)

Saturday 8/22
Silver Shamrock            12-12:50 pm Erasurehead/Deadite     1-1:50 pm Grindhouse                    2-2:50 pm S&S Saga                      3-3:50 pm Death’s Head                 4-4:50 pm Bad Hound Press           5-5:50 pm
Sunday 8/23
Eerie River Press        11-11:50 am Lamplight                   12-12:50 pm   Thunderstorm             1-1:50 pm Crystal Lake               2-2:50 pm Blood Bound Books   3-3:50 pm Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing    4-4:50 pm

Buzz Book Expo is an online book expo, not unlike what was done this year for BEA. Our goal is to give publishers from all over the world a chance to talk about their new horror releases for the upcoming year (September 2020 – December 2021). While our focus is specifically on horror, we consider this to include paranormal and supernatural thrillers, dark fantasy, genre blends, and even non-fiction books about the horror genre. We would like to give a platform to diverse voices bringing new kinds of horror to readers through presentations, Q&As, interviews, and the like.

We are inviting an extensive list of booksellers, librarians, book reviewers, podcasters, readers, and other media professionals to view the expo online with the hope that we can help publishers increase awareness of their books and promote their authors. Participation is free.

We will be recording the event so that it is available to those who are interested but can’t attend.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact me at the link below. A posted schedule of publishers and an FAQ will be posted in the near future.

Buzz Book Expo Committee
Mary SanGiovanni — Coordinator
Dave Thomas — Tech
Matt Wildasin — Tech
Katie Southard — Media Relations/PR
Richard Gerlach
Patrick McDonough