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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...
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! Sign...
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...
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! Sign...
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...
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! Sign...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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 busy...
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...
Easy Daily Facebook Tips to Market 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...
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...
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...
Five Top 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...
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...