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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
Given that publishers tend to focus their tours for bigger, more well known authors in big cities and on the coasts, ignoring much of the flyover country where there’s a greater need for illumination and a wider point of view, how might they re-think their advertising and book launch campaigns to give smaller bookstores a “slice of the pie” and, thus, a real shot at impacting their communities?

Nov 22, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, Bookstore Events, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 2 Cohort B, Publishers & Bookstores

Host: Tanya Mills, Book Bungalow Participants: Angie Grau, Bookseller Steph Opitz, Zibby Books Katrina Kruse, sales rep Missy, Katy Budget… 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
Our channel has always struggled with how to prove and quantify our marketshare to publishers (financial AND cultural) when not all of our purchases are direct, and when not all of our sales are visible to them, and even then, when we are a small-ish slice of the pie. SO, how do we quantify and re-value our marketshare to better prioritize the indie channel in publishers’ eyes, investment, priorities and resources

Nov 22, 2021

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

Host: Rebecca Fitting, Greenlight / BrocheAroe Fabian, Sourcebooks/River Dog Book Co. Participants: Anne Dimock, Author/Fundraising Ruth Liebmann, PRH Jeff Deutsch,… Read more
How do we reimagine the relationship between Bookstores and Publishers?

Nov 21, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 1 Cohort C, Publishers & Bookstores

Host: Len Vlahos Notes: Len: The relationship hasn’t changed in at least 35 years Ann Seaton: This affects the entire… Read more
How can bookstores leverage the market for independent/small-press books to be more inclusive in connecting readers and authors?

Nov 21, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 1 Cohort B, Publishers & Bookstores, Readers & Bookstores, Representation in Bookstores

Host: Vanessa MacLaren-Wray Participants: Charlie Kruse, Dick (VisionWorks), Humaira Ghilzae, Christopher Miya (Heyday), Madi Mulluen (libro) Notes: Our group successfully… Read more
How can we create a financial model that recognizes that booksellers’ primary work is cultural – and the funding can’t come from the retail activity exclusively – without losing sight of our primary work: bookselling? And how can we do it in collaboration with (not in opposition to) publishers and other literary community?

Nov 9, 2021

Bookselling as a Profession, New Financial Models, Oct 18-19, 2021 – Day 1 Cohort A, Publishers & Bookstores

Host: Jeff Deutsch Notes: Philanthropy as a path towards non-book-sale funding JD ‘any step away from bookselling is a step… Read more

Reimagining Bookstores.

Deepening Literacy. Strengthening Communities. Paying Living Wages.

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