SF North/East Bay: PAL PERK! An opportunity to display, sell, and sign your books at the Napa Valley Book Festival

WHEN

Saturday, November 14

10:00am - 4:00pm

WHERE

Napa Valley Book Festival

Blue Oak School

1455 Polk Street

Napa, CA

PRICE

$15 per one-hour slot (you may purchase up to 3 slots)

HOW IT WORKS

• This opportunity is for PAL Members only (members with at least one book published with a traditional publisher. Other books can be self-published).
• If you're not sure if you're listed as a PAL member, please contact ARA Natasha Yim ([email protected]), and she'll look it up on the SCBWI database.
• You'll use the registration button on this page to pay for your slots, but before you do that, please click here to check the availability of remaining time slots and sign up for your desired slot(s): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CAEA929A4F8C25-65336574-napa#/
• After signing up for your time slot(s), please pay for the number of slots you signed up for by clicking the green Register for Event button at the top of this page. You will be asked to select how many slots you want to buy. Each slot is $15. (PLEASE NOTE: To confirm the total amount you will be charged, check the total in the lower left corner of the screen after you select a number of slots. The base registration already charges $15, so the individual slot prices listed next to the choices are adjusted to reflect this.)
• During your hour, you can bring books, promotional materials, signs etc., but please be aware you'll be sharing the table with at least one other author. Each author is limited to 3 titles.
• SCBWI does not sell books for members nor do we have the capability to do so, so make sure you bring whatever you need for sales transactions (cash boxes, Venmo or PayPal QR codes, credit card readers etc.)
• Please check your publishing contracts to make sure there are no restrictions to selling your own books. Most publishers DO allow authors to sell their own books at festivals. You just can't sell to bookstores and compete with the publisher!
• PLEASE NOTE: To sell your own book in California, a Seller's Permit from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTA) is required. This is a fairly easy online process. You can register for a Seller's Permit HERE.

REGISTRATION INFO

Register by clicking the green Register for Event button at the top of this page. Scroll down to select the number of slots you wish to pay for. The total price will be reflected at the bottom of the page--1 slot for $15, 2 for $30, 3 for $45.

After registering, please go to your My Events tab on your SCBWI member home page (or just click here: https://www.scbwi.org/home/events) and click the link to the form to sign up for your desired time slot(s). PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF SLOTS YOU PAID FOR!

Registration closes Monday, November 9, 2026 at 9:00pm.

QUESTIONS?

Contact Assisant Regional Advisor Natasha Yim ([email protected]).