Author signings, panel rooms, and exhibitor tables are scheduled in separate documents.
Use case
Book festivals, run from one dashboard.
Run the event site, exhibitor tables and reader passes, applications from authors and publishers, booth assignments, and event-day check-in for book festivals, author fairs, and literary events from one connected dashboard.
Who it's for
Book festivals, author fairs, and literary events.
Instead of sending attendees, vendors, sponsors, and staff through separate tools, every workflow stays attached to the same event record - so nothing falls through the cracks between your form tool, your ticket link, and your spreadsheet.
- Publish a branded event site
- Sell exhibitor tables and reader passes
- Collect applications from authors and publishers
- Assign booths on the floor-plan map
- Run QR check-in at the door
The old way
What usually goes wrong.
Authors and publishers apply in one tool while payments happen in another.
Booth assignments get redrawn in a spreadsheet nobody else can see.
Event-day staff work from printed lists that were stale before doors opened.
The workflow
How book festivals run on VendlyNest.
Publish a branded event site
Connected to registration, participants, orders, staff roles, and reporting - automatically.
Sell exhibitor tables and reader passes
Connected to registration, participants, orders, staff roles, and reporting - automatically.
Collect applications from authors and publishers
Connected to registration, participants, orders, staff roles, and reporting - automatically.
Assign booths on the floor-plan map
Connected to registration, participants, orders, staff roles, and reporting - automatically.
Run QR check-in at the door
Connected to registration, participants, orders, staff roles, and reporting - automatically.
FAQ
Common questions.
Can authors and publishers apply and pay online?
Yes. Authors and publishers fill out a structured application with your custom questions, and once approved they can pay booth or table fees through Stripe checkout - or you can record manual payments like cash and checks.
Does VendlyNest sell exhibitor tables and reader passes too?
Yes - tickets, booths, sponsor packages, and add-ons all live in one commerce layer with capacity limits, sold-out protection, receipts, and QR passes.
Do we need a separate website builder?
No. Every event gets a multi-page microsite with themes, drag-and-drop content blocks, vendor and guest directories, and optional custom domains.