I noticed a difference at the festival this year.  It was subtle, but it was there.  Over the past few years, as I have atended the event I have done everything I could to spread the word about the indie publishing movement – trying to get authors and publishers to thing of themselves and “indie [...]

This is part 1 as I am on the train with 19% battery life on my laptop and draining fast. I forgot to plug in to power up before going to bed last night. I’m hoping to get something posted here before I run out or juice.

So, big picture, I think the [...]

This has been the wettest, soggiest BBF that anyone I have talked to can remember. Books and humid, rainy weather do not go well together. Nor do a rain and a crowded book festival, apparently.
If you looked at this day in the wrong way, it would look like a disaster. We have [...]

Ok, Day 1 is done. It was a soppy and wet end to a beautiful night. But we still had a great time. I met a bunch of authors, and made a dash through the author’s tent letting them all know about AuthorsBookshop.
Tonight was short – 4 hours of actual open-to-the-public festival. [...]

She is such a good helper!

Her AuthorsBookshop t-shirt is wet from the rain, and that is a book face-painted on her cheek. Seriously, they did face-painting at her daycare this afternoon. All the girls wanted fairies, butterflys and mermaids. My daughter? She asked for a book.
What can I say? It’s [...]

It’s turned out to be a beautiful night. The rain has held off, and there is a nice breeze (instead of the gusting winds that they were calling for.)
UPDATE: Hahaha – just started rainging!

Woohoo! I’m here! Set up, and all systems are go!
Ill post some pictures in a bit. I am having a great time already, talking to people and preaching the Gospel of Independent Publishing.
The books are set up too – and they look great. We have already had a good stream of [...]