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Plenary Notes, Oct 18-19, 2021

Nov 24, 2021

Authors & Bookstores, Bookselling as a Profession, Bookstore Events, Bookstores as a Social Cause, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 1 Cohort A, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 1 Cohort B, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 1 Cohort C, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort A, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort B, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C, Publishers & Bookstores, Readers & Bookstores, Representation in Bookstores

October 18 Opening Remarks October 18 Evening News October 19 News and Announcements October 19 Closing October 18 Opening Remarks… Read more
How can community bookstores self-organize to help themselves?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, Bookstores as a Social Cause, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C

Host: Paul Wright Participants: Betsy Weitzman, Jasmine Valandani, Kelly Stromberg, Malcolm Margolin, Nialle Sylvan, Paul Wright Notes: Is there an owner… Read more
What do we love about what we do, and how can we do more of that?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C

Host: Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo, Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY) Participants: Kevin Smokler (author), Angela Pursell, Jessica Palacios (Once Upon A Time), Ben… Read more
Sustainability: What would a sustainable future for existing and new community bookstores look like?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C

Host: Paul Wright Participants: Notes: Defining Sustainability. Living wages, distinct from other retail jobs. Growing the pie to be able… Read more
What does the bookstore of the future look like? Wrong answers only (or maybe absurd answers too)

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C

Christie Olson Day, Gallery Bookshop Participants: Another participant – Kim Patch, Rozzie Bound, Boston Notes: We all came up with… Read more
How do you keep bookstores running in a time where distribution houses are shutting down?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C

Host: Akanksha Vyas Notes: In the pandemic many distribution houses have started shutting down. Small, independent bookstores do not have… Read more
How does the “reimagined bookstore” exist in the current climate alongside more traditional models? What questions come into play as we move forward?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, Bookstores as a Social Cause, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort C

Host: Lisa – Buffalo Street Books Participants: Notes: Is the reimagined bookstore in conflict with more traditional models? Some of the… Read more
What big big changes can we make to re-envision the bookstore business? Maybe something based on a co-op or for-good corporation?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, Bookstores as a Social Cause, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort B

Host: Brad Participants: Bradley Jones, Esme Joy, Laura Larson, Tanya Mills, Nick Johnson Notes: How do we re-envision? – a… Read more
What concrete steps can we take to pay staff a living wage in traditional brick and mortar bookstores?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort B, Publishers & Bookstores

Host: Kim at Third Place Books Participants: Kim Hooboer of Third Place Books, Sara Look of Charis Books and More,… Read more
How do we define our niche in our community as we’re dramatically changing business models?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, Bookstore Events, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort A

Host: Anna Brown, Katy Budget Books Participants: Jason Boog (Fable), Margie Franzen (Wanderlust Bookshop), Susan C (The Book Keeper), Brittany… Read more

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Reimagining Bookstores.

Deepening Literacy. Strengthening Communities. Paying Living Wages.

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