Tucson Festival of Books

[Andres]

Does anyone know if two authors can occupy a single space? Say two authors pay 20 dollars each and share the 2 hour time slot?

[Andres]

I got my hands on an indie author handbook but nothing about the question above is mentioned there. I'll send an email and see if I can get a response. However, if this is possible and another writer (fantasy preferred) would like to share a spot please let me know. I'm not particular to sharing genre I simply think that the book covers themselves would attract a specific audience which would double the meet and greet individuals who chance on new authors.

[Gail]

When I did it last year (2018), sharing a space was definitely not allowed. I believe they said that every book or book-related item being presented had to include your name somehow. They may have softened on that this year. It's a very narrow space, and rather crowded. I made three paperback sales, but mainly passed out ads for discounts on the e-books, which sold better.

[Andres]

Awesome, thanks for the info Gail!

Doesn't the mystery writers of Arizona have their own separate booth?

I think I am going to wait until I get another couple of books in print. I don't think it will be worth anyone's time to just advertise a single novel. Once I finish the next two books I'll work on a GCAC website and some advertisement for it as well. Then hopefully I can help bring readers to meet more local authors.

[J.L.]

For anyone interested, I received an email with the following link to sign up for the Indie Author Pavilion at TFoB: http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=10.

If you haven't signed up for the TFoB newsletter the link will lead you to that as well.

BTW: I'm on one panel at TFoB: Scientists Who Write Science Fiction.
And moderating another: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

[Lauren]

The form has been “disabled by an administrator.” I am guessing that means that they have no more spots available.

[Andres]

If anyone in the community finds their booth number and/or time slot, let me know and I'll post it to my facebook.

[Cricket]

Good idea, Andres. I'll visit any of our group members that are there. I'm not buying space this year. I have better luck at the Payson Book Festival in July. Maybe next year I can find an affordable and good location at TFoB.

[Gail]

Same here. I didn't sign up for the Indie booth, but I'm volunteering at the Arizona Mystery Writers booth (# 212), where I can also leave bookmarks and such.

[Cricket]

I’ll try to find you if I make it there.

[Andres]

I'll take a couple books with me as I walk around, if anyone wants to trade for honest reviews that would be fun. Either way, I hope to meet and greet some of you amazing authors in person! I hope the weather is nice.

[Andres]

I'll be walking around Saturday with friends and family. I hope to meet some of you person to person. If you recognize me before I recognize you please don't hesitate to say hi! I wish all of you vending the best of luck!

[Gail]

Same to all of you. Have fun!

[Christopher]

Just wanna give a shout out to Andres for coming by the Wheatmark booth today and saying hi and picking up one of my books. It was a pleasure meeting you. Thanks again!

[Andres]

Absolutely! The weather was wonderful. I only ran into you and Sarah Fujimara but my family had a great time. I look forward to reading your book, I wanted a photo with you for the site but you were kind of busy, no worries that's a good thing. I'm sure another opportunity will present itself. Hopefully you signed a lot of books!

I did make some wonderful connections and hopefully I can add some valuable resources to our community later this year. I hope everyone else had a great time as well.

[Andres]

TFOB literary awards competition is now open.

http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=436

[Andres]

Dates for 2020 are out. I've added the event.

[Andres]

CJ Box is presenting this year and the events calendar has gone live. You can see the dates and time slots for all available workshops and presenters.

[J.L.]

I'm giving a presentation on "Scientists Who Write Science Fiction", Saturday, 10:00 am

[Gail]

Excellent, I can make that talk. I'll be selling books in the Indie Authors Booth Saturday from 12:15 to 2. I had hoped to have a new book out, but it's not going to happen in time. Still, spreading the word is always good.

[Andres]

You do have a new book out =D. They should be arriving today or tomorrow. I didn't think of it at the time but I should have sent it to an Amazon Hub near you and text you the code. Think I might try that, sounds easy.

[Gail]

That's right, I do have a new book, thanks to your hard work! I was just in self-pity mode about my stalled novel. So I will have three books on the table, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading everybody's contributions in Stories at Sunset.

[Andres]

Cancelled! In case you haven't heard. They tried saving the festival but authors continued to cancel on the event. So they finally decided to pull the plug.