SUCCESS! THANK YOU ALL! · 55 days ago
Well, for the second year in a row the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair was an overwhelming success. The positive atmosphere, energetic crowd, and amazing work from all the vendors made it a fantastic (albeit exhausting) day.
I want to personally thank all of the vendors (especially those who came from other cities and states!), sponsors, all the attendees, and all those who helped me make it happen including (but not limited to): Amy Hartman, Holly Quin, Kevin Thurston, Cookie Thurston, Chris Kelly, Alex from TO, HERO Design, and everyone who pitched in, even a little bit.
If you’ve blogged about the event, please let us know. If you have pictures, we’re always interested, and there’s a group on Flickr. We’ve posted ours. So send them to us or post them there. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us know what you’re doing to cover the Fair in the days after – all that info helps us generate an archive of past Fairs and gives people an idea what future fairs will be like. Check it out here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/667611@N24/pool/
It was great seeing everyone – one of the most important reasons I do the Fair is to bring people together to talk about their work, see old friends and catch up on new projects they have underway – but I hope everyone got a chance to meet new people and discover their work as well.
We’re signing off until next year. We won’t be taking applications for next year’s Fair until December 2008/January 2009. There’s no pre-booking, so sorry in advance.
Again, thank you all, and POST THOSE PICS!!!
Signing off,
— Chris Fritton
3 Days and Counting! · 59 days ago
The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is only three short days away!
I’ve been hard at work letterpressing the snazzy new covers for this year’s program and they look fantastic.
And HERO design has been hard at work doing our limited edition hand screenprinted posters to commemorate the Fair.
I can’t wait to see those – they’ll be available the day of the Fair for a measly 10 bucks, and after that from HERO’s website at:
www.heroandsound.com
Please remember to keep promoting the Fair, and please considering donating to us via Paypal on our website:
www.buffalosmallpress.org/sponsor
Thanks to everyone for all they’ve done already! And get off your butt and come to the Fair – make all your lazy friends come too!
Until then,
Chris
— Chris Fritton
10 Days and Counting! Vendors Take Note! · 67 days ago
The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is only ten days away!
Keep doing everything you can to help promote the Fair and make
it a success – many of you are blogging about the event, helping us distribute posters and handbills, hosting banners on your sites – and we thank you all!
Come check out all the fantastic wares vendors have to offer – we have people coming in from all over the Northeast: Baltimore, Boston, OH, PA, NYC, Toronto, DC.
We’ve added a few vendors as well, if you want a preview of what they have to offer, check out the ‘participate’ tab on the website.
If you’re a vendor please please please check out the vendor FAQ page
at:
It’s crunch time, but you’ll still hear from us a couple times before the Fair.
Until then,
— Chris Fritton
Vendor Slots Full! Posters on the Way! Banners available! · 105 days ago
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair – March 22, 2008, 12-6pm
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
453 Porter Ave
Buffalo, NY
We’re at almost 80 vendors, and that means we’re full! We’re sorry if you didn’t make it in, but if you’re still interested, we’ve started a waiting list in case there are any cancellations. Please contact us if you’d like to be placed on the vendor waiting list.
Thanks to everyone – this guarantees success for our sophomore Fair.
Now, on to the NEWS:
Fantastic posters and handbills are on the way, courtesy of HERO Design. Check our myspace, Facebook group, or flickr for images later tonight. If you’d like to help distribute posters/handbills and spread the word, email us!
HERO will also be hand screen printing souped up versions of the poster that will be available the day of the Fair.
Promotional banners are up on the website – check under the Promote tab. Steal these banners and thumbnails and use them to link to our site from yours! The more links, the better – it ups traffic and keeps people informed. So if you have a blog, myspace, website, anything, take one of our banners and put it to work!
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have a question, and please do everything you can to promote the Fair – we’re hoping for twice the attendance of last year – maybe we can get 2000 people through the door!
More soon,
Chris
— Chris Fritton
Over 50 Vendors! · 131 days ago
The application process is moving along at a tremendous clip. We already have over 50 vendors on board. If you’re considering vending at the Fair, now is the time – hurry before all the slots are full!
The website has been spruced up, and things are looking great – we hope everyone is looking forward to this year’s event as much as we are.
Chris
— Chris Fritton
