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BookCon 2017 NYC

Rose Circle Books

BookCon 2017 NYC

BookCon 2017 NYC

BookCon ran June 3 – 4 in the Jacob Javits Center, NYC. As it was my first, I wondered whether to go on Day 1 or Day 2. The first would have more freebies, but more people. Less free stuff on Day 2 but the chance of books at very discounted prices (what publisher wants to go home with piles of stock?). So I went with Day 2.

Well, apart from the initial lines to get in, it did feel spacious and not too full. But so did the exhibits. My memory of attending the Frankfurt Book Fair back in 1993 was nothing like this. That was HUGE, while this felt more like half of one floor.

I have to admit a rather annoying takeaway was the fact that most people seemed to be there simply to get as much ‘swag’ as possible. Indeed, the dedicated App for the event seems to be little more than ‘swag wars’, with people posting photos of how much free stuff they got. I soon learned that most of the long lines were for freebies rather than autographing authors. Sigh!


Even many of the signing events were arranged more like cattle pens…


…though there were a few famous authors around – even if their fame didn’t come from being best-sellers.


At least I got to spend time with an existing printer (lulu.com) and IngramSpark – though my time with lulu was limited as they had a long line demanding free plastic water bottles and blue bags. Really, people?


I guess I should include the inevitable picture of Jason with furry animal.


At least there were a couple of esoteric publishers exhibiting, and I was able to pick up a few items for under $10 each (most retailing for $40 – $50).

So, all in all a nice day out, got some business transacted with the printers, bought a few cheap books and a Tarot deck. Would I go again? Not really sure…

Piers Vaughan was born in Brighton, England, and following sojourns in Germany and Switzerland, lives just outside New York City. He was educated at Brighton College, Oxford and Cranfield Universities, and holds M.A.s in Psychology and Divinity, and an M.B.A. He worked in banking for most of his life, as a Project Manager and Internal Consultant in IT and Operations, later acting as COO of a small training company based in New Jersey. He has been a Freemason most of his life, and is a member of St. John's Lodge No. 1 in New York, which was founded in 1757, and is the guardian of the George Washington Inaugural Bible. He is a 33rd Degree Mason in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and a Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter State of New York, Royal Arch Masons, which he currently serves as Grand Treasurer. He is also a long-standing member of a number of esoteric Orders, having helped to bring a number of these to the United States from England and France. He is also Primate of the Apostolic Church of the Golden & Rosy Cross, a descendent of the Pre-Nicene Church of Richard, Duc de Palatine. He has a particular interest in the Orders, Rituals and protagonists of 18th Century French Masonic and Esoteric Orders, and has built a reputation translating many source documents into English, and lecturing around the world on these topics.

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