Advanced Con Quest: The Art of Selling At Cons

by Megan Mackie

CONgratulations! You’re now ready to venture forth on a quest to seek out consumers for your books and wares!


WAIT! It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.


This book is for authors and artists with the desire to sell at geek and nerd cons as well as wanting to learn the art of how to run tabled events. Whether you are Indie or Traditional or a hybrid of the two, in this tome, you’ll learn everything you need to know about how to sell your book, art, crafts, or things successfully by hand, one person at a time. You’ll learn a few things such















Megan Mackie has summoned a tome to aid her fellow adventurers. Contrary to her own fiction work, she aimed to keep this information as simple and inclusive as possible. She has travelled coast-to-coast to many conventions including DragonCon, GalaxyCon, Salt Lake City, PensaCon, and many more conventions. With over 6 years and 60+ tabled events, she continues to take her books, including the Lucky Devil Series to the readers accepting quests to add to her completion pile.

108 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 19, 2023

About the author

Megan Mackie is a writer, actor, and playwright. She started her writing career as an indie author and had such smashing success in her first year with her inaugural book The Finder of the Lucky Devil. She has become a personality at many cons, recognizable by her iconic leather hat and engaging smile.

She is also a contributing writer in the role-playing game Legendlore and Legendlore: Legacies by Onyx Path Publishing and Sirens: Battle of the Bards through Apotheosis Studios. Outside of writing, she likes to play games: board games, RPGs, and video games. She has a regular Pathfinder group who is working their way through Rapanthuk. She lives in Chicago with her husband and children, dog, three cats, and her mother in the apartment upstairs.

Reviews

[Shelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great resource to help authors looking to get into selling at Conventions. The author does a wonderful job of walking through the process of what happens at Comic Cons. 'She intersperses her personal stories throughout the book. The book has a realistic tale which is engaging; yet enjoyable because she engages the reader rather than making it dry. I am a reader rather than an author and I loved her tips on how to approach readers. The "no pressure" tips were spot on. I do wish more book people would realize these. Really great resource. I would definitely recommend it to writers out there.

[Jenni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Megan has put together a self-help book to help authors with the art of selling their books by hand. She gives you all the tools that she uses at geek and nerd cons, from how to research, schedules, know your buyers, calendars, what you will need, how to get contacts, swags etc. They may seem like simple things, and some are but things like knowing to make sure to put your name at the top of banners as you are the product, she has learned from making a mistake. She holds nothing back and openly shares what works and what doesn’t.
Grab a copy if you are a writer and investigate what will work for you.

[Mimi Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Megan Mackie has written a funny and interesting book that helps newbies to selling at cons make the most of the experience. It is filled with good information and anecdotes to help navigate the world of conventions and selling merchandise. If you've never ventured into selling at cons, this book will give you all the information necessary to get started.