Booksellers at Equine Affaire

Video of bookstore booths at Equine Affaire

I was in a sassy mood when I shot this video at the Massachusetts Equine Affaire.

I needed to be stoked up because the equine trade show is always the same weekend as the New England Crime Bake. I planned to attend both in successive days. Good thing Massachusetts is a small state.

As I proved in a previous post, the two events aren’t totally separate for me. And, in this post, I’ll show you that, if you’re writing a book related to horses, Equine Affaire, makes for a great place to greet the readers and booksellers.

About the video

The sassy mood I was in sort of explains the “Hello, New York?” poking.

This is a blog. Not 60 Minutes. More like a Mo Rocca segment on CBS Sunday Morning.

Here’s a video of Mo talking about differences in on-camera storytelling – and keep in mind that he’s not doing his own shooting and editing, like I do. The mobility that keeps me nimble (a camera the fits inside a purse, just me doing everything) sort of compromises my ability to cover and be thorough.

After all, it’s better to have some video than none.

My intent with the video had been to show that, if horse books don’t make money, how come all these bookstores have booths set up for four days?

Didn’t really shoot them all

I only showed the booksellers, the retail outlets. I didn’t include the video from the publishers’ booths, partly because my self-serving agenda was to promote horse fiction. Most of the publishers with booths there only handle non-fiction.

Also, FWIW, Saturday is the busiest day at the trade show. I shot this video on a Thursday, the first day of the show. Still, it’s amazing to see how many people are out and about on a weekday.

The bottom line?

When I told Robin Bledsoe of Good Horse Books about my “Hello, New York?” plan, she laughed. She told that the publishing pros I’d talked to were right – that, when you compare numbers on the whole with books sold, not that many were horse books.

Oh.

Anyway, enjoy the video.

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Tags: Equine Affaire, equine booksellers, Knight Equestrian, Massachusetts Equine Affaire, Mo Rocca, Robin Bledsoe, Taborton Books