How intriguing. I just read this teaser (yes, I'm a bit behind on my RSS feeds as I took a blogging break over the long weekend!) from Chris Anderson of The Long Tail fame and I can't wait to hear what his new venture is all about. I guess we'll have to wait till later this week when he announces more details at BEA...
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Hi Joe,
Another service you ought to check out is Eventful.com (disclaimer - I'm the founder).
We're the largest events search engine and among other things, we're aggregating a lot of book events around the country and are always encouraging author and publishers to take advantage of what we offer -- it's free, and a great way to reach a wider audience.
One of the most popular features of our site is Eventful Demand, which lets people create grass-roots "demands" for desired events to happen in their town. It's perfect for book authors seeking to do a book tour where there is a real audience just itching for the author to come visit. We already have a bunch of authors using Eventful Demand to invite their readers to "demand" which cities they should visit when touring. Again, completely free service, and worth checking out.
- Brian
Posted by: Brian | May 30, 2007 at 02:19 AM
Hi Brian. Thanks for the info on your site. I just took a peek at it and found it interesting... In fact, I'd say Eventful.com could be well-positioned to implement the service I talked about in my "Local Events Maps" post here: http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2007/04/local_events_ma.html
Have you guys ever considered implementing this sort of feature?
Posted by: Joe Wikert | May 30, 2007 at 07:36 PM