You’ve waited patiently for several weeks to learn the results of Ink & Paper Group’s 2008 WORDSTOCK BIKE GIVEAWAY, and now the triumphant moment is finally at hand! One of you will soon be riding your sweet new wheels throughout the streets of Portland, rain in your face and petroleum woes winding down with the water in the gutters.

So, without further delay, we wish to congratulate YASMINE BRANDON, this year’s lucky winner! We will be contacting you before the holiday this week, Yasmine, to discuss the details for claiming your prize.

As for the rest of you, many, many thanks to one and all who stopped by our booth to say hello, to browse, to sign up for our mailing list, and/or to test your hand at a two-wheeled fate. We’re sorry that we don’t have enough bikes for each of you, but we do hope you’ll stay on our mailing list to learn of the other opportunities at Ink & Paper Group—the ones you likely heard us chatting (droning on?) about during the festival. Yes, we like to mix things up by bringing publishing to the people! And we believe that can be done by more than traditional publishing alone.

So, please, stick around! You are now a part of our community: a lively, creative, passion-filled bunch who are captured always on the notion that there’s more to publishing than ink and paper. And there’s more to Ink & Paper Group and its local publishing comrades than one weekend festival and one shiny new bike. Join us for this inside look twice a month and, if nothing else, give us a chance to renew your faith in those darned business card bowls at conferences. Perhaps you’ll find that your (book) luck has only just begun!

(By the way, you can start this new friendship with us by taking our quick, 8-question survey about your Wordstock experience. We intend to share the results with Wordstock officials to generate an even better festival next year. Win-win, right?)