Stand Out at Charm City Romanticon
Going to the indie romance weekend at Turf Valley Resort near Baltimore? We make sure the readers who meet you can find and buy your books that night, and that AI search names you when readers look for authors like you.
Get ready for the show Call 888-565-0171What we set up for you
Before, during, and after the weekend, so the connections you make turn into readers and sales.
- Get your author website and book pages ready before any show so every reader you meet can find and buy your books that night
- Add Event schema and a local SEO layer for the show's city so nearby searches surface your name
- Build the reviews and consistent author facts that help Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot name you when readers ask for authors like you, with AEO, AIVO, and llms.txt as the technical groundwork
- Run a signing-weekend email and ad push that turns new fans from panels and signings into subscribers and buyers
- Build QR-ready landing pages and short video so a reader can scan, join your list, and grab the book in seconds at the event
- Keep your visibility working long after the weekend, so the readers you met keep finding your next releases
Questions, answered
Is there a company that can help me get my book known in time for Charm City Romanticon?
Has Charm City Romanticon already happened?
Do you have to be at Charm City Romanticon to work with you?
Are you affiliated with Charm City Romanticon?
What do you set up before the show?
Will readers who meet me find me in AI search?
Not a romance author?
We market books in every genre, from fiction and nonfiction to children's books, business, and memoir, for one book or a whole series, anywhere in the country. See the full service at appwt.com/book-marketing.
The 2027 dates, and why you may have seen the wrong ones
Charm City Romanticon returns to Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Maryland on April 2 and 3, 2027. The 2026 edition ran April 10 and 11, 2026 and has ended. Some search results and AI assistants still quote the 2026 listing and will tell you the show is already over. For 2027 it is not. The dates above come from the organizer's own site.
Ellicott City sits about 25 minutes outside Baltimore, which is why a search for “Charm City” often returns Baltimore results for a different event entirely. Charm City Romanticon is its own indie romance weekend, with a book signing, a banquet, and industry workshops on the Sunday, and attendance is limited by design.
Your timeline to April 2027
- Twelve months out and earlier. Author website and your first book landing page live, core SEO and local SEO, Book and Author schema, Google Business Profile. This is the part that needs the most runway, because search engines and AI assistants need time to find a new author page and trust it.
- Six months out. AI-search visibility on: AEO, AIVO, GEO, llms.txt, voice and Speakable. Email list started and the first sequence running. Amazon and Goodreads optimized.
- Three months out. Your event landing page and QR codes for the signing table, short video for Reels and Shorts, and the signing-weekend email and ad push built and scheduled.
- The weekend itself. Every reader who meets you can scan, join your list, and buy the book that night. Nothing to set up on site.
- After the show. The visibility keeps working, so the readers you met keep finding your next release.
Reading this closer to the show still works. The website, the book pages and the QR-and-video layer go live fast. The organic and AI-search layers are the parts that reward starting early.
What it costs
Published monthly plans, the same figures as every other AppWT page. Nothing to chase for a quote.
- Author Starter, $497/mo. One-page author website, one book landing page, core SEO and local SEO, Book and Author and Review schema, Google Business Profile setup, monthly report.
- Book Growth, $997/mo. Full author website plus up to three book landing pages, AI-search visibility (AIVO, AEO, GEO, LLMO), voice and Speakable optimization, llms.txt, email list and one drip sequence, Amazon and Goodreads optimization.
- Author Brand Pro, $2,997/mo. Everything in Book Growth plus Facebook and Instagram ads management, content marketing, video for Reels and Shorts, AI chatbot, conversion tracking and ad ROAS reporting.
- Bestseller Partner, $4,997/mo. Everything in Author Brand Pro plus a Fractional AI Visibility Officer, unlimited book landing pages, full video production, priority ad and email campaigns per launch.
Ask about multi-book pricing, and about nonprofit, military and veteran pricing.
Let's get your author brand ready for April 2027
Talk to your single partner for author and book marketing. Call 888-565-0171, email sales@appwt.com, or schedule a call.
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