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!
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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:
Nicole Magistro
Read Island |
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.
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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:
Kate Larson
Ballast Book Co. Bremerton |
Shawn Donley
Hachette Book Group |
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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?
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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?
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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
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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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.
Presenters:
Karla Olson
Patagonia Books |
Jamil Zaidi
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.
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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.
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Janelle Smith
Wishing Tree Books Spokane |
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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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?
Presenters:
Sarah High
Bookshop.org |
Nick Johnson
Libro.fm |
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12:30 - 2:00 pm
Education Keynote Lunch
Decoding the P&L for Booksellers, Managers, and Owners
Presented by the American Booksellers Association
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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Joy Dallanegra-Sanger
ABA Senior Program Officer |
Kim Hooyboer
ABA Director of Education |