October 2026
Back from Capclave! Our bookselling adventure wasn't as successful as we had hoped, but our table looked nice. (Table runner designed by our graphic designer Anne Horn and printed by Vistaprint.) We only sold one book, which definitely isn't enough to be worth driving down to Maryland for. And Kristin had to go on her own, as Donald had a work commitment he couldn't get out of. All the vendors reported having an unusually slow year, but Kristin did have the opportunity to talk with some of them about where they're finding customers who want to buy books (and where they're not). Book fairs and book festivals seem promising, though some independent authors say that their experience with them has been mixed. Kristin also had an interesting conversation with Neil Clarke, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Clarkesworld Magazine , about recent trends in publishing. He agreed with what we only started hearing in the last year: print books are having a resurgence in popul...
