Columbias first Book Lovers Expo draws authors and readers [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Book lovers and authors traveled far and wide to attend Columbia’s first Book Lovers Expo.

The event, which originated in Washington, D.C., was created by the Bookbutler Publishing Company and has now arrived in Columbia.

“There weren’t a lot of opportunities to connect with communities, so we decided to start opportunities for ourselves and that brought other authors our way,” Aaron Butler said. 

Butler owns the Bookbutler Publishing Company. They’ve hosted several book expos around the Washington, D.C., area and have now made their way to the Midlands to support self-publishing authors. 

“A lot of the authors had written books, and they were sitting in their basements, collecting dust,” Butler said. “They weren’t even telling people that they wrote books because they didn’t know how to promote them. They were hoping that the …