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2022 Fall Show Education Sessions

Tuesday, September 20


Sponsored by Penguin Random House

9:45 - 11:00 am

Managing Q4 Gifts and Stationery
Q4 presents a tremendous opportunity to try new sidelines and maximize gift sales. And to increase profits in this category, it’s important to streamline operations including receiving and merchandising, and master management of ordering, restocking, and markdowns. Is your store prepared for the holidays? Use this session to make a plan!

Presenters:

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Nicole Magistro
Read Island
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Bruce DeLaney
Rediscovered Books
Boise
Bookselling As A Career

Explore different avenues and turn frontline bookselling into a long-term fulfilling career. Tips on what to learn while being a frontline bookseller, how to write resumes for publishing, how to create a path to promotion at your store, and how to transition to a different bookstore.

Presenters:


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Kate Larson
Ballast Book Co.
Bremerton
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Shawn Donley
​Hachette Book Group
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Claire McElroy-Chesson
Village Books
Bellingham
Kalani Kapahua
Third Place Books Ravenna
​Seattle
Indie Presses for Indie Bookstores

What do indie presses have to offer indie bookstores? How can we work together? Who are some of the indie presses that work well with indie bookstores?

Presenters:


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Margaret Coffee
​Sourcebooks
Joe Biel
Microcosm Publishing
Mark Cull
​Red Hen Press
Wendy Ceballos
Abrams
Nanci McCloskey
Tin House Books

11:15 am - 12:30 pm

Selling Green: What Booksellers Need to Know about Sustainable Publishing
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Patagonia will lead the discussion in how green publishers are adopting sustainable practices in publishing, what those practices are, why they are impactful, and how they affect the cost of book production.  We will also discuss other sustainable practices such as the use of recycled paper, digital ARC’s, evaluating the use of jackets, shrink wrap, and other book packaging materials, shipping materials, returns and hurts processing, and more. There will time set aside for booksellers to share their best sustainable practices and time to brainstorm what we can do next.
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​Presenters:
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Karla Olson
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Patagonia Books
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Jamil Zaidi
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Chronicle Books
Growing Your Bookstore's Focus

This panel will provide advice and answer questions for booksellers and bookstore owners who are interested in shifting their store to a specific genre, activism, or topic.

​Presenters:
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Annie Carl
The Neverending Bookshop
Edmonds
James Crossley
Madison Books
​Seattle
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Janelle Smith
Wishing Tree Books
​Spokane
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Christine Longmuir
Two Rivers Bookstore
Portland
Industry Tools

How Bookshop.org, Libro.fm, and Shelf Awareness can be utilized to lighten your workload. What are they and how can they work for you?

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Sarah High 
​Bookshop.org
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Nick Johnson 
​Libro.fm
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Neil Strandberg 
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Shelf Awareness
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Lane Jacobson
Paulina Springs Books
Sisters

12:30 - 2:00 pm

Education Keynote Lunch

​Decoding the P&L for Booksellers, Managers, and Owners 
          Presented by the American Booksellers Association​
A bookstore’s profit and loss statement (P&L) is a critical tool for evaluating a store’s overall performance. Join ABA staff on a walk-through of a bookstore P&L statement as we lay the groundwork for understanding bookstore financials, decode individual line items to identify opportunities for improved profitability, discuss how to use ABA’s ABACUS Report, and consider ways to share financials with staff in a meaningful and cooperative manner.
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​Presenters:
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Joy Dallanegra-Sanger
ABA Senior Program Officer
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​Kim Hooyboer
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ABA Director of Education
Holiday Catalog

Fall Trade Show

Book Awards

Rural Library Project


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Member Handbook

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June, 2020


Contact PNBA:

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
520 West 13th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401

Phone: 541-683-4363

Fax:       541-683-3910

info@pnba.org