2025 Author Exhibit Space Registration
This is not the Workshop Intensive registration page. Click here for Workshop info.
Registration includes:
- Exhibit space to sell books on Saturday. One half of a six-foot table, chair, and tablecloth provided
- Author photo, book cover image, and link to your website on the Sunshine State Book Festival “Meet the Authors” page. See what “Looks Best” below
- Author’s listing featuring a headshot and brief bio in the printed festival program
- An invitation to Friday night’s reception with appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks
- Free Saturday morning breakfast of pastries and coffee or tea for registered authors
- Free lunch for authors after noon Saturday (Sorry spouses are not included in the free lunch.)
- Exhibitor fee: $55
- Exhibitor Fee does not include Workshop Intensive. Separate registration required.
Registration Instructions
Important: Registration is a two-step process that must be completed in a single session. Once you make your secure credit card payment, you must finish the registration form and click the Submit button.
You cannot leave midway and come back later.
- Make sure you have your credit card, 50-word author bio, photo, and book cover image ready.
- Click the Pay Now button.
- Pay using a credit card or your PayPal account.
- When the payment transaction is complete, click the “Return to Merchant” option once and wait for the registration form to load.
- The registration-form page will appear. Fill in the fields, upload author bio, photo, and cover image, then click the Submit button.
- Check your email. You will receive a payment receipt from PayPal and a confirmation message from the festival registrar. If you don’t see a confirmation email, check your spam folder.
To make a change or upload a file after you have registered, contact the festival registrar. Do NOT repeat the registration process, as it will create a duplicate entry and you will be charged twice.
You must submit a completed registration form or you are not registered, even though you have paid. If files are too large to upload, submit without them.
By registering, you accept and agree to abide by our Terms of Exhibitor Participation.
Step 1 of 2
What Looks Best
A headshot portrait with an uncluttered background will yield the best author photo. For your book cover, upload only one image of the front cover. No spine, back cover, 3D view, or sets.
File specifications
Images must be jpg format. Maximum file size is 1 MB each.
Check the size of files before beginning registration. If they fail to upload, email them to the registrar after submitting your form.
Author bio must not exceed 50 words and must be a .doc, .docx, or rtf type of file.