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If you are a subscriber to our newsletter, we give out a free printable each month, along with content on the WHY and HOW to use the printable. We are making all twelve of these available to you in a bundle that can be purchased here. If you would like to download an...
How To Use The Calendar To Create Seasonal Book Displays
Editor’s Note: If you are a bookseller or librarian, you are in the right place! Each month, we publish an article dedicated to helping you think outside of the marketing box. We know it can be hard to think of fresh marketing ideas, which is part of the reason why we...
Books That Defy Gender Stereotypes
Over here at Cardinal Rule Press, we are dedicated to books that empower and teach children to be themselves. Here is a compilation of books we’ve pulled together, including one of our very own DAZZLING TRAVIS. Dazzling Travis: A Story About being Confident &...
Leverage Your Community to Your Marketing Advantage
Find out how publisher Maria Dismondy recommends you get more exposure to your bookstore and librarian. Get your customers and patrons in and reading with these monthly marketing tips! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbEezIiifUk Sign up for more monthly marketing tips...
Books To Empower All Genders
Over here at Cardinal Rule Press, we are dedicated to books that empower and teach children to be themselves. Here is a compilation of books we've pulled together, including one of our very own COOKIE AND MILK Cookie & Milk: A Scientifically Stunt-tastic...
How To Increase Sales At Your BookStore For The Holiday Shopping Season
Editor’s Note: At Cardinal Rule Press we are dedicated to bringing you fresh out of the box marketing ideas for your library or bookstore. This month’s article is written for the bookstore owner in mind, but we know any book lover will find something to add to their...
Stars Among Us-Performers at Storytime
Find out how publisher Maria Dismondy recommends you get more exposure to your bookstore and librarian. Get your customers and patrons in and reading with these monthly marketing tips! https://youtu.be/PAimIj8TI9o Sign up for more monthly marketing tips via our email...
Two Key Business Relationships That Will Grow Your Bookstore
Editor’s Note: Each month, we publish an article dedicated at helping your bookstores or library up their marketing game. This month’s article is a little bit different as we’re going to focus on two key relationships that will help you grow your business as well as...
Storytime Success with Local Celebrities
Find out how publisher Maria Dismondy recommends you get more exposure to your bookstore and librarian. Get your customers and patrons in and reading with these monthly marketing tips! https://youtu.be/Cnn8j9gh1-8 Sign up for more monthly marketing tips via our email...
The Launch of Dazzling Travis
We asked one of our authors to share her experience with the launch of her book Dazzling Travis. The book sold out of hardcover copies the first month it was out! We had wonderful success with the book, thanks to the collaboration with the author, Hannah Carmona Dias....
How To Share Your Personal Love Of Books With Your Customers
At Cardinal Rule Press we are dedicated to helping librarians and booksellers think outside of the box when it comes to marketing, community building and sales efforts. If you love this article about how to share your personal love of books with your customers, you...
Guest Article by Author Michele McAvoy
We are excited to host our children's authors here on our blog. Here is an eye opening article by author of the book, Cookie & Milk, Michele McAvoy. GIRLS GIRLS GIRLSby Michele McAvoy THE PAST When I was a little girl, my mom would say that I was "big boned." When...
Wait, I can do that at the library?
Find out how publisher Maria Dismondy recommends you get more exposure to your bookstore and librarian. Get your customers and patrons in and reading with these monthly marketing tips! Sign up for more monthly marketing tips via our email newsletter. Connect with us!...
Mid-Summer Marketing Ideas For Increased Foot Traffic
As soon as late July hits, it can often feel like a mid-summer slump for your bookstore or library. Your summer programming and special events have kicked off but engagement is falling, your staff is in and out on their own summer vacations and perhaps the summer...
How Independent Bookstores are competing with big box giants…and winning!
Find out how publisher Maria Dismondy recommends you get more exposure to your bookstore and librarian. Get your customers and patrons in and reading with these monthly marketing tips! Sign up for more monthly marketing tips via our email newsletter. Connect with us!...
What Should I Read Next?
Editor’s Note: At Cardinal Rule Press, one of our goals is to provide you with tips, tricks and advice to help your bookstore or library thrive. And this tip today? Well, we think it is pretty genius because we know one of the biggest barriers to reading books is...
You CAN Make MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LOVE the LIBRARY Too!
The traditional “shush” space of the library may seem like the last place a moody, awkward preteen wants to visit in their free time. The ever-changing needs of our busyTween crowd requires us to evolve and expand the library’s services to remain relevant and...
BookExpo: How Book Buyers Can Make the Most Out Their Conference Experience
BEA is right around the corner and we here at Cardinal Rule Press know important this event is to your book buyer. Beyond selecting new titles to bring into your bookstore or library, it’s also a huge event that can make you feel lost in the crowd and overwhelmed....
Easy Daily Facebook Tips For Your Library Or Bookstore!
We get it, you’re a small business without a big budget for advertising. It can seem impossible to compete with other “big box” competitors in your community, but we want you to know you don’t need a massive Facebook marketing budget to make yourself known! In today’s...
Cardinal Rule Press Is A Unique Voice In Children’s Publishing
One of the questions we get asked time and time again, is “what makes Cardinal Rule Press different than other book publishers?” The answer can’t be summed up in just a sentence or two, but we here at CRP know we’ve got something special going on and think you’ll...
Author Interview With Jodi McKay
Guest Speaker: Jodi McKay Website: www.jodimckaybooks.com Bio: Jodi lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan with her husband, son, and a couple of furry friends. She discovered that she loved to write when she was 8 years old, but decided to finish school before pursuing it...
Summer Marketing Ideas
Summer is right around the corner which means it is time to spruce up your bookstore, rearrange your displays and get ready for the summer marketing season. Have you planned your children’s story times yet? If not, make sure you read our story time tips here! At...
Storytime: Think On Your Feet & Make It Unique!
Storytime. It’s a tough gig. If you’re not peeling dried glue off your nice dress pants, you have a song about a rowboat running through your head all day, since your 9 am Toddler class. But! It also means you’re GREAT at thinking on your feet, getting out of your...
Live Author Q&A with Author Hannah Carmona Dias
Meet Author Hannah Carmona Dias, the talented writer behind Dazzling Travis! Find out more about Hannah at www.HannahCarmonaDias.com 1. How did you come up with your first book Beautiful, Wonderful, Strong Little Me? The inspiration for my first book Beautiful,...
CRP on Instagram: March
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bud-7jWn2Jb/ March is Reading Month!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BulepNQnOJK/ Get into the March Madness spirit with this cool idea from LiteraryHoots.com! Starting with the Sweet Sixteen, each week in March, let patrons vote on which book...
Author Interview With Jami Gigot
Guest Speaker: Jami Gigot Website: www.jamigigot.com Bio: Jami Gigot is the author/illustrator of the picture books Mae and the Moon, Seb and the Sun, and the forthcoming Imagination Vacation (2019). She also works as a digital texture painter for film, having worked...
Author Interview With Michele McAvoy
Guest Speaker: Michele McAvoy Website: www.MicheleMcAvoy.com Bio: Michele McAvoy is an award-winning children’s book author and inspirational speaker from New Jersey. As a child, she read Judy Blume and drew Garfield comics. For her 10th birthday, she asked for a pink...
Author Interview With Lindsey Lane
Guest Speaker: Lindsey Lane Website: www.lindseylane.net Bio: Lindsey Lane is an award-winning author, playwright and journalist. She is the author of young adult novel Evidence of Things Not Seen, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), picture book and iTune app Snuggle...
Author Interview With Barbara DiLorenzo
Guest Speaker: Barbara DiLorenzo Website: www.barbaradilorenzo.com Bio: BARBARA DILORENZO graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration, and studied painting at the Arts Students League of New York. She is the author-illustrator of RENATO...
Let’s Make It Your Most Engaging National Reading Month Ever!
Welcome to MARCH – NATIONAL READING MONTH! To celebrate, we’re providing you some FRESH content ideas for your blog, social media, or customer newsletters. We’re confident these will make the BEST month of the year YOUR BEST and MOST ENGAGING for your readers and...
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