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All Vendor Categories
A
- Activities & Performers (15)Activities and performances you can participate in.
- Adventure (17)Vendors specializing in Adventure books.
- African American (21)Vendors specializing in books that may be of particular interest to the African American community.
- Americana (4)Vendors specializing in Americana-related books.
- Animals (10)Vendors specializing in Animal-related books.
- Anime (1)Vendors specializing in Anime books.
- Antiquarian (7)Vendors specializing in Antiquarian books, typically at least 100 years old.
- Architecture (6)Vendors specializing in Architecture technique or portfolio books.
- Art Activities (13)Face painting, drawing, and creating souvenirs you can take home.
- Arts Books (35)Vendors specializing in Art-related books.
- Astrology (3)Vendors specializing in Astrology and related books.
- Astronomy (2)Vendors specializing in Astronomy-related books.
- Audio (6)Vendors specializing in selling recorded Audio/Music Media in any formats, whether Music or Spoken Word.
- Audio Tapes (4)Vendors specializing in Audio Tape Media, such as 8-Tracks, Cassettes, Reel-to-Reel, etc.
- Autobiography (6)Vendors specializing in Autobiographies.
- Autographed Copies (21)Vendors specializing in selling Signed, Inscribed, or Autographed copies of books.
- Automotive (3)Vendors specializing in Automotive and related books.
- Aviation (1)Vendors specializing in Aviation-related books.
B
- Biography (23)Vendors specializing in Biographies.
- Board & Table Games (4)Vendors specializing in selling Board Games or Tabletop Games.
- Bookbinding (3)Vendors who provide Bookbinding services.
- Bookplates (1)Vendors specializing in selling Bookplates.
- Books (141)Vendors selling books of any type.
- Breakfast & Coffee (3)Vendors specializing in Bagels, Coffee, or other Breakfast-related foods.
- Broadsides (1)Vendors specializing in selling Broadsides, or items printed on only one side of a large sheet of paper.
- Business (6)Vendors specializing in general Busines-related books.
C
- Card Games (4)Vendors specializing in selling Card Games.
- CDs (3)Vendors specializing in selling Compact Discs (CDs).
- Chapbooks (3)Vendors specializing in selling Chapbooks, or small inexpensive books.
- Chapter Books (15)Vendors specializing in Kid’s books featuring Chapters.
- Chemistry (2)Vendors specializing in Chemistry-related books.
- Children’s Books (63)Vendors specializing in Childeren’s or Kid’s books of any sort.
- Classics (10)Vendors specializing in Classic Literature books.
- Collectible Books (11)Vendors specializing in Collectible books.
- Collectibles (5)Vendors specializing in selling Collectibles, such as figurines.
- Comic Books (10)Vendors specializing in selling Comic Books.
- Comics (11)Vendors specializing in book-bound Comical Graphic Novels. (NOT Comic Books)
- Computers (2)Vendors specializing in Computer-related books.
- Contemporary Posters (5)Vendors selling their own Contemporary Poster or Print creations.
- Contermporary Photographs (1)Vendors selling their own Contemporary Photographic or Print creations.
- Cooking & Cookbooks (6)Vendors specializing in Cookbooks, Cooking, and Food-related books.
- Creative Arts (21)Vendors specializing in DIY, crafts, and creative arts-related books.
- Crime (10)Vendors specializing in Crime-related books.
D
- Detective (4)Vendors specializing in Detective books.
- Detroit (39)Vendors specializing in Detroit-related books of any type.
- Drawings & Etchings (11)Vendors selling their own Drawing, Etching, or Digital Art creations.
E
- Early Readers (14)Vendors specializing in Kid’s books aimed at Early Readers.
- Educational Activities (14)STEM, reading, and other educational activities you can participate in.
- Engineering (4)Vendors who specialize in Engineering-related books.
- Ephemera (11)Vendors specializing in loose or unbound items and Ephemera.
- Erotic Romance (5)Vendors specializing in Erotic Romance books.
- Esoteric (4)Vendors specializing in Esoteric rare books.
- Esoterica (2)Vendors specializing in unbound Estorica in other (not-listed) forms.
- Ethnic (4)Vendors specializing in books that may be of particular interest to (not-listed) Ethnic communities.
F
- Fantasy (36)Vendors specializing in Fantasy books.
- Film & TV (9)Vendors specializing in television, film, or cinema-related books.
- Fine Bindings (2)Vendors specializing in books featuring Fine Bindings.
- First Edition (10)Vendors specializing in selling First Edition books.
- Food Vendors (8)Vendors selling Food.
- Foreign (1)Vendors specializing in Foreign rare books.
- Foreign Languages (6)Vendors specializing in books in Foreign or non-English Language books.
G
- Game Activities (6)Live Gaming Activities you can participate in during the Event, such as trivia, card, or board games. NO GAMBLING!
- Games (2)Vendors specializing in selling Games of any sort.
- Gardening (1)Vendors specializing in books related to horticulture, plants, and Gardening.
- Geography (4)Vendors specializing in Geography-related books.
- GIft Items (34)Vendors specializing in selling Gifts and Gift Items.
- Graphic Novels (12)Vendors specializing in book-bound Graphic Novels of any sort.
H
- Hamburgers (1)Vendors specializing in selling Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, or similar.
- Handcrafted & Handmade (10)Vendors specializing in selling Handcrafted or Handmade books.
- Health & Fitness (4)Vendors specializing in Health & Fitness-related books.
- Historical Fiction (11)Vendors specializing in Historical Fiction books.
- History (30)Vendors specializing in History-related books of any sort.
- Hobbies (2)Vendors specializing in books about other (not-listed) Hobbies.
- Horror (19)Vendors specializing in Horror books of any sort.
- Humor (10)Vendors specializing in Humor books.
I
- Indie (15)Vendors specializing in Indie books.
- Italian Food Vendors (1)Vendors specializing in selling Italian foods.
J
- Journals (6)Vendors specializing in sellingJournals.
L
- Law (2)Vendors specializing in Law-related books.
- Leadership Development (1)Vendors specializing in Leadership and Management-related books.
- Letterpress (2)Vendors who provide Letterpress services.
- LGBTQ (7)Vendors specializing in books that may be of particular interest to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer communities.
- Libraries (7)Area libraries.
- Literature (27)Vendors specializing in Literature-related books.
- Live Animals (1)Reptiles, petting zoo, adoptions, and other activities featuring live animals.
- Local Interest (26)Vendors specializing in books of Local Interest.
M
- Magazines (8)Vendors specializing in selling Magazines.
- Magic (1)Vendors specializing in books related to Magic.
- Manga (6)Vendors specializing in Manga books.
- Manuscripts (3)Vendors specializing in rare Manuscripts.
- Maps (2)Vendors specializing in selling unbound Maps.
- Math (1)Vendors who specialize in Math-related books.
- Media (10)Vendors specializing in selling recorded Media and other non-book merchandise.
- Medicine (1)Vendors specializing in Medical or Medicine-related books.
- Memoir (23)Vendors specializing in Memoirs.
- Memorabilia (8)Vendors specializing in selling unbound Memorabilia.
- Mexican Food Vendors (1)Vendors specializing in selling Mexican or Tex-Mex foods.
- Michigan (37)Vendors specializing in Michigan-related books of any type.
- Military (4)Vendors specializing in Military or Military History books.
- Music Books (12)Vendors specializing in Music books, including history and techniques.
- Musicians & DJs (7)Musicians and Disc Jockeys (DJs) performing during the event.
- Mystery & Suspense (18)Vendors specializing in Mystery & Suspence-related books.
- Mythology (4)Vendors specializing in books related to Mythology.
N
- Native American (2)Vendors specializing in books that may be of particular interest to Native American or Indigenous communities.
- Nautical (3)Vendors specializing in Nautical or Nautical History books.
- Newspapers (2)Vendors specializing in selling Newspapers.
- Non-Profits (25)Non-profit organizations that may be of interest to the Bookfest community.
O
- Occult (7)Vendors specializing in books related to the Occult.
- Organizations (16)Organizations whose businesses or services may be of interest to the Bookfest community.
- Other (12)Vendors of any other (not-listed) type.
- Out of Print (OOP) (7)Vendors specializing in Out of Print (OOP) books.
P
- Painting (4)Vendors specializing in Painting techique or portfolio books.
- Paintings (5)Vendors selling their own Painting creations.
- Pamphlets (4)Vendors specializing in selling pamphlets.
- Parenting (4)Vendors specializing in books related to raising children and families, or Parenting.
- People (6)Vendors specializing in books about People.
- Periodicals (3)Vendors specializing in Periodicals of any type.
- Personal Growth (10)Vendors specializing in Personal Growth-related books.
- Philosphy (4)Vendors specializing in Philosphy-related books.
- Photography (12)Vendors specializing in Photography technique or portfolio books.
- Picture Books (20)Vendors specializin in Kid’s Picture Books.
- Plays (1)Vendors specializing in published Plays, dramas, or scripts.
- Poetry (18)Vendors specializing in Poetry books.
- Politics & Social Sciences (9)Vendors specializing in books dealing with Politics, Social Sciences, and Social Studies.
- Postcards (3)Vendors specializing in selling Postcards.
- Private Press (3)Vendors specializing in Private Press books.
- Psychedelic (3)Vendors specializing in books related to the Psychedelic.
- Publishers (10)Publishers or publishing houses.
- Pulps (3)Vendors specializing in Pulps (Pulp Fiction) books.
R
- Railroads (1)Vendors specializing in books related to trains or Railroads.
- Rare (8)Vendors specializing in Rare books of any sort.
- Reference (2)Vendors specializing in Reference books.
- Religion & Spirituality (9)Vendors specializing in books dealing with Religion and/or Spirituality.
- Role Playing Games (3)Vendors specializing in selling Role Playing Games.
- Romance (27)Vendors specializing in Romance books.
S
- Science & Technology (9)Vendors who specialize in Science & Technology-related books, including STEM-related topics.
- Science Fiction (21)Vendors specializing in Science Fiction books.
- Self-Help (10)Vendors specializing in Self-Help and related books.
- Sheet Music (2)Vendors specializing in selling Sheet Music.
- Signings & Autographs (13)Authors and/or celebrities who will be signing books or providing autographs.
- Small Press (16)Vendors specializing in Small Press books.
- Special Interest (9)Vendors specializing books that appeal various special interests or demographics.
- Sports (9)Vendors specializing in Sports-related books.
- Sports Activities (1)Cornhole, hockey, and other sporting events you can participate in.
- Sweets Vendors (4)Vendors specializing in Sweets and baked goods.
T
- Teen & Young Adult (YA) (21)Vendors specializing in books targeted towards Teens and Young Adults.
- Thriller (11)Vendors specializing in Thriller books.
- Travel (10)Vendors specializing in Travel-related books.
- True Crime (3)Vendors specializing in True Crime-related books.
U
- Underground (3)Vendors specializing in Underground books.
- Unusual (9)Vendors specializing in Unusual books
- U.S. History (13)Vendors specializing in U.S. Histor-related books.
V
- Video (3)Vendors specializing in recorded Video Media of any format.
- Video Discs (2)Vendors specializing in recorded Video Discs, such as DVDs, BluRay, LaserDisc, etc.
- Video Tapes (2)Vendors specializing in recorded Videotapes, such as VHS, BetaMax, etc.
- Vintage (21)Vendors specializing in Vintage books.
- Vintage Photographs (4)Vendors specializing in selling loose/unbound photos, which may or may not be autographed.
- Vintage Posters (5)Vendors specializing in selling Vintage Posters, which may or may not be autographed.
- Vinyl Records (9)Vendors specializing in selling Vinyl Records, such as LPs, EPs, 45s, and 12″ Singles.
- Visual Arts (12)Vendors selling their own Visual Art creations.
W
- Wellness Activities (2)Activities you can participate for physical and spiritual wellness, such as massage, reiki, mental health professionals, or health screenings.
- World History (5)Vendors specializing in World History-related books.
All Vendor Tags
B
- Book Signing (46)Vendors who will be signing copies of their books during Bookfest.
D
- DBF 2017 Vendor (7)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2017.
- DBF 2018 Vendor (9)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2018.
- DBF 2019 Vendor (10)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2019.
- DBF 2020 Vendor (10)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2020.
- DBF 2021 Vendor (15)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2021.
- DBF 2022 Vendor (21)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2022.
- DBF 2023 Vendor (33)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2023.
- DBF 2024 Vendor (51)Vendors that participated in Bookfest 2024.
- DBF 2025 Vendor (284)Vendors that are participating in Bookfest 2025.
F
- FEATURED VENDOR (9)Well-known vendors with a large (4 table) presence at Bookfest
- Fiction (69)Vendors who specialize-in or carry Fiction books
H
- Hardcover (57)Vendors who specialize-in or carry Hardcover books
N
- New (74)Vendors who specialize-in or carry NEW (as in unused) products
- Non-Fiction (62)Vendors who specialize-in or carry Non-Fiction books
S
- Softcover (69)Vendors who specialize-in or carry Softcover or Paperback books
U
- Used (50)Vendors who specialize-in or carry USED or second-hand product
