Consider Having a Yaoi Program at Your Convention
Most female manga and anime fans are also fans of yaoi. More
than half of all anime convention attendees are female (60-73%
usually). Yaoi is a phenomenon in North America. There are huge
numbers of yaoi fans in every region. Yaoi is a staple of anime
convention culture. Having a yaoi program at your show will make
girls happy.
Q and A
Q. Is it possible to have a yaoi program and still be a 'family
friendly' show?
A. Of course! Borders Books (the largest book store chain in
the USA) is a family friendly store with a large and colorful
children's section. Borders also has a large collection of yaoi
for sale. The presence of yaoi does not automatically make a show
'adults only.' Statistically speaking, most merchandise labeled
yaoi actually falls into the 16+ category. The everythingyaoi.com
store tries to stock every yaoi product available in English.
It has 1,000 yaoi products and only half are adults only.
Q. What's an easy way to have a yaoi program at my show?
Yaoi
Industry Guest:
Yamila Abraham
For a yaoi program that includes an industry guest, several fun
panels, a yaoi game show, loads of yaoi freebies, and a full selection
of yaoi merchandise for your vendor's room, consider adding me
to your guestlist.
Q. Why do you want to come to conventions?
A. The official answer is because I want to promote Yaoi Press.
Our books sell extremely well at conventions. Unofficially, I
love going to shows and meeting other yaoi fans. I love putting
on zany yaoi events where everyone laughs and squeals. I love
throwing prizes into audiences. I love signing autographs on the
manga I've created for my fans. I love being the 'yaoi' guest.
I've worked at over 100 anime shows. Many shows I've attended
two, three, or four years in a row. I've developed a tried and
true yaoi program. This is tweaked and updated as needed from
show to show.
Access my Panel Menu
with details on four different events
Q. Can my show even afford you?
A. The two things most guest coordinators want to know is if I
charge an appearance fee (not as long as I'm provided a table
to sell at) and will I fly coach (yes). Beyond that, please email
me at yamila_a at yaoipress dot com and I'll send you a full guest
proposal. I'm no longer available on these dates:
2009
March 13th-15th
March 27th-29th
April 17th-18th
May 1st-3rd
May 8th-10th
May 22nd-24th
June 12th-18th
July 2nd-5th
July 31st to August 2nd
September 5th-7th
September 25th-27th
October 3rd-4th
October 10th
October 30th to November 1st
November 20th-22nd
December 31st to January 2nd
2010
December 31st to January 2nd
March 12th-14th
May 27th-30th
Bio:
Yamila Abraham founded the publishing company Yaoi Press in 2004.
Over the last five years she's overseen the publication 45 BL
titles including graphic novels, comic books, and art books. Abraham
has successfully licensed Yaoi Press titles into seven foreign
languages.
Abraham is a prolific writer with over a dozen graphic novel
works in print with four different publishers. She wrote two of
Yaoi Press' best selling series: Winter Demon and Dark Prince.
Her first scholarly article on the topic of international BL will
be published in 2010.
Abraham has been a speaker or guest of honor at 150 anime fan
conventions.
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