GAMA Newsbriefs for February 1, 2008


SHOW AND SELL SUCCESS AT THE NAGC!
GAMA’s Show and Sell booth at the National Association for Gifted Children made a big impact on educators. Teachers and resource specialists bought more than $1,800 worth of products at the show, and picked up hundreds of brochures for our participating publishers. Almost 20 companies signed up to sell their games or display their literature at the show.

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SHOW YOUR GAME TO BUYERS AND MEDIA AT TOY FAIR, FEB. 17-20!
Promote your games to the 20,000+ retailers, media, and industry professionals who attend Toy Fair through GAMA’s Show and Sell program!

GAMA’s Show and Sell program puts your products in front of motivated experts who buy, sell, and recommend games. Through the program, you can put your games and literature in the GAMA booth at Toy Fair. Our booth staff works with buyers and media to tell them about our industry’s products. Make sure they see your games there!

** Q&A **
Q: How much does this cost?
A: It’s free for GAMA members. Non-members pay $50 per game. You also need to provide one copy of each game you want to display, plus 250 copies of the literature you want to distribute.

Q: How many games can each company put into the booth?
A: As many as they want! For each game that you put into the booth, you must supply two things: a demonstration copy of the game and 250 pieces of supporting literature. Non-members must also pay a $50 display fee per game.

Q: What’s the deadline to get games into the booth?
A: Your games and literature must arrive in the GAMA office by February 15, 2008. Non-members must also pay their participation fee by that date.

** Putting your product in GAMA’s Show and Sell booth **
1. Reserve your space by contacting Trey Reilly (programs@gama.org or 614-255-4500 x103)! Due to space considerations, participation is limited.

2. After Trey confirms your space in the booth, gather your games and literature (one demonstration copy of each game and 250 copies of your literature) and send them to the GAMA office. Games and literature (and non-member payments) must ARRIVE in the GAMA office by Friday, February 15.

GAMA
c/o Trey Reilly
280 N. High Street
Suite 230
Columbus, OH 43215

Non-GAMA members: Please include your $50 per game payment with the product and literature shipment. Non-member shipments MUST INCLUDE payment to be displayed at the show.

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REGISTER FOR GTS TODAY (AND SAVE ON YOUR HOTEL ROOM!)
Beat the annual rush by getting your GTS badge and making your 2008 hotel reservations now!

Lock in the special GTS rate of just $127/night, good from April 17 (Thursday) through April 24 (Thursday). Make the trip part business, part pleasure!

For show registration, visit www.gama.org/gts/shop-online.
For hotel information, visit www.gama.org/shows-and-events/gts/travel.

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HEAR THE BEST OF GTS 2007 SEMINARS AT PULP GAMER
Relive the best of both the retailer and publisher seminar track from GTS 2007 thanks to the folks at the Pulp Gamer podcast. Hear the seminars for free at these links:

Retailer seminars: http://www.pulpgamer.com/category/gama-trade-show-retail-seminars/

Publisher seminars: http://www.pulpgamer.com/category/gama-trade-show-publisher-seminars/

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BUILD YOUR BUSINESS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTIONS!
Expand your network of professional retailers and game industry experts through GAMA’s forums: the Game Industry Network and the GAMA Retail Division forum, both on Delphi Forums.

* The GAME INDUSTRY NETWORK (GIN) hosts an industry-only discussion on all aspects of games, from creation through sales. Game professionals use the forum to discuss issues, make announcements, look for and give advice, and more.

To join the conversation, send your request to Anthony Gallela (ed@gama.org). Please include the following:
* your first and last name
* preferred email address
* for retailers: name, location, and your title of your store
* for other industry pros: name of your company and your title

* The GAMA RETAIL DIVISION FORUM gives GRD members a place to discuss GAMA-related topics (the organization itself, things that members want GAMA to do, and such) with fellow members and GAMA staff.

To join the GRD forum, please send your contact information to Trey Reilly (programs@gama.org).