'It was a total shitshow,' says one author.
The massive meet-an-author book-signing event, which had its second iteration at the Gaylord Rockies Resort over the weekend of April 18 to 21, was billed as fan-friendly. Organizer and author, who didn't respond to requests for comment, went so far as to promise that under no circumstances would the event have any sorts of lines.
"The line started out massive, but just when we got close to what we thought was the front, it started looping. And looping, and looping," Phoenix says."It was frickin' madness. I think if the organizers hadn't gone out of their way to say there'd be no lines, people might have felt differently. I mean, the lines would have still been too long, and they could have done better, but the fact that they promised one thing and then it was the exact opposite...
And worse, many pre-purchased books weren't delivered."I had no idea where to direct people to get their books," says Ashley, who adds that attendees"had to wait for their number to be called to get to the room in which I was signing, and then they had to wait in line to get to me. At this juncture, telling someone I did not have their book, and they had to find it somewhere else and return to me to get it signed, was upsetting, to say the least.
Most worrisome was an apparent and complete lack of security."They didn’t check badges anywhere. We walked in wherever we wanted without a single person stopping us and checking badges. This is highly unusual to the point I’ve never seen it happen before," says Ashley."When the vast majority of attendees are women, these safeguards are essential."
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