The Book Bazaar 2026 is an exciting collaborative crowdfunding event on Backerkit of 39 indie authors who have come together to raise funds for their campaigns. In celebration, and to help promote these authors, we’ll be featuring spotlights through the fundraising period for you to check and out and support! Within The Book Bazaar, you’ll find a variety of genres, including fantasy, sci-fi, horror, queer, and romance, as well as a variety of formats such as novels, novellas, series, anthologies, and audiobooks. There’s something for everyone!
The fundraising period runs from October 29 – November 19. Back 3 or more projects to earn unique bookmarks, and 10 or more projects to receive an exclusive anthology. Want a taste of these projects? Check out the free sampler bundle on Itch.io!
Please welcome Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 2 in the spotlight!
Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 5, part 2 is the second half of Space Wizard’s fifth anniversary, and they have even more great titles! From zombie pirates and cozy adventure, to sci-fi romance, near future detectives, YA fae, and space stations and space ships!
The fifth year of Space Wizard has some incredible new works, and we’re capping off our year with 8 new queer science fiction and fantasy books, releasing from January to June 2027!
In this campaign, you can get any of the new books, or any of our back catalog, in eBook or paperback format (signed by the authors)! Want to know what’s coming next? Visit the Space Wizard Coming Soon Page for full descriptions of all the books.
As a reader, you can get hardcovers, signed books, trilogies, diverse stories, and even a subscription to Space Wizard! You just have to sit back, read, and enjoy! There are also some cool buttons, pins, and keychains. Finally, we’ve introduced our new Tea with Books, with an ever-expanding number of choices!
This campaign will pay for great covers for the upcoming books, as well as editing, publishing fees, and other cool things like illustrations, bookmarks, and omnibuses!
Space Wizard Press are raising funds to make these books the best they can be while ensuring their authors get fair pay. There are plenty of awesome books from their back catalogue as add-ons, as well as stickers, pins, keychains and more!
About Space Wizard Press
Space Wizard Science Fantasy is a queer science fiction and fantasy indie publishing company started in 2016 to publish William C. Tracy’s books. In 2021, the publishing company opened its doors to more authors. Space Wizard prides (pun intended) itself on making sure our authors get great exposure and marketing for their books. Space Wizard aims to stay debt-free on initial releases, as well as giving great royalty rates, wholesale prices for authors, up-to-date covers, and effective marketing for all of its books.
- Website: www.SpaceWizardScienceFantasy.com
- Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/wctracy.bsky.social
- Instagram: @tracywc
- Threads: @tracywc
- TikTok: @wctracy
- Patreon: patreon.com/wctracy
