COVID-19 has claimed one more elderly victim. Reed Expo, the parent company of BookExpoAmerica, NY ComicCon, and other trade shows, has announced that they are killing BookExpo, BookCon, and UnBound....Continue reading
Category: Conferences & Trade shows
Pathable and Streamyard
The pandemic is raging. Schools are switching to virtual learning within days of starting the fall semester. Experts saying that we will not have a vaccine for at least another...Continue reading
The Swag Bag That Never Was
If you have been following me on social media then you might have heard that I have been organizing swag bags for book fairs and book signings. I started doing...Continue reading
Book Expo America To Be Postponed Until At Least July
Conferences are now getting canceled faster than the Dixie Chicks after they criticized George H W Bush. Virtually every public event in May has been canceled, and now Book Expo...Continue reading
Ten Tips for Authors Going to Their First Book Fair (updated)
Book fairs and other local events can be a great way for authors to connect with readers and make new fans. They are immensely valuable, but at the same time...Continue reading
Has Anyone Used Hometown Reads?
I was at the James River Writers conference this past weekend. Even though it was the type of conference where “writer” was a synonym “book author”, I still learned bunches....Continue reading
That Time I Was Asked to Pay Six Hundred Dollars to Speak at a Conference
If you are on Twitter, you may have seen this tweet a few weeks back: "As a conference organizer, I continue to be amazed at how many people ask for...Continue reading
How to Sell eBooks at Cons and Book Festivals
Initially published in April 2019, this is a periodically updated reference post on how authors can sell ebooks at in-person events. As someone who prefers ebooks over print, I frequently...Continue reading
Writer’s Digest Parent Company F+W Media Files for Bankruptcy
I was hoping to present at the Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC this August, but now it looks like the conference could be canceled. Forbes reports that F+W Media filed...Continue reading
BookExpo Launches Merchandizing Trade Show UnBound as Solution to Declining Exhibitor Attendance
Over the past decade, the show floor at BookExpo has mirrored the changes in the book publishing industry. Fewer exhibitors were showing up because New York mattered less and because...Continue reading
I am in Philly for Indie Author Con
When I was last in Philadelphia I thought it was cute that this city had streets where a sane person would put an alley. Now that I have had to drive...Continue reading
E-ink Booth Tour SID Display Week 2018 (videos)
The ereader market is mostly dead, but E-ink is still showing off nifty looking new prototypes. For example, E-ink showed off their new 10.3″ flexible display last week at SID Display...Continue reading
Six Lessons I Learned in Making My First Flyers (Updated)
Mailing lists, social media, and other online channels are the most commonly used marketing tools for selling books in 2017, but there will always be a place for in-person promotion....Continue reading
Register for Copyright and Technology 2018, and Get $100 Off
Copyright and Technology 2018 is coming up next week on Tuesday in New York City. The one-day conference will feature panels on digital watermarks, anti-piracy efforts, AI and copyright, and digital...Continue reading
Violence Erupts at the Frankfurt Book Fair
2017 is the year that Neo-Nazis and other white supremacists crawled out from under rocks, and assembled in public. Festering fascism has produced an immune response in the body politic,...Continue reading