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FESTIVAL RATING - "GREAT" OR "EXCELLENT"
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95%
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NUMBER OF PROGRAMS
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203
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
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302
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Authors and writers
Publishers, editors, and other professionals |
211
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TOTAL AUDIENCE
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13,065
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From Charlottesville/ Albemarle
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57%
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Other Virginia
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33%
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Out-of-state (Including AR,AZ,CT,FL,GA,IL,IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, TN, and WV)
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9%
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Out-of-country. (Including United Kingdom, Taiwan)
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< 1%
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Audience Staying Overnight
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24%
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FESTIVAL INFORMATION OBTAINED
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Received Advance Program in the mail
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17%
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Newspaper coverage/ The Daily Progress Tabloid Program
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22%
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Picked up Program
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15%
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Word of mouth
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21%
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Web site
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9%
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TV
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3%
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Radio
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7%
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Magazine
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1%
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Other
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5%
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REACTIONS TO THE FESTIVAL:
"The Festival attracts....readers and book lovers who indulge their romance with the written word....a glorious bubbling of enthusiasm." - The Daily Progress, March 28, 1999
"...the Festival attracts dozens of publishers and agents who attract scores of writers ho attract thousands of book lovers-all creating a literary melting pot that overruns the city each March." - Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 19, 1999
"The Festival was exhilarating - sort of like Mardi Gras with brains." - Boyd Zenner, University Press of Virginia, April 8, 1998
"Charlottesville draws writers the way Nashville beckons to musicians." - Southern Living, February 1998
2000 VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK:
MARCH 22-26,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
For more information contact the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903
(804) 924-3296 or visit www.vabook.org