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...
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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...
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)....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Create a Cozy and Engaging Library Space
Imagine looking around your library and seeing cozy nooks, engaging areas and warm corners– with happy children reading and interacting with their parents and caregivers. Who doesn’t want that? A...
Using Facebook’s Special Features To Help Promote Your Bookstore
A note from the editor: A new year means new sales goal for your bookstore and if you want to crush them, you’re going to need to think outside of...
TIPS to EARN LOCAL MEDIA COVERAGE for YOUR LIBRARY!
Do you ever turn on your TV and see local companies and organizations receiving awesome media coverage and think: HOW do THEY get on the news and HOW can MY...
Author Interview With Shutta Crum
Guest Speaker: Shutta Crum Website: www.shutta.com Bio: Shutta Crum, an award-winning writer of books for children and poetry for adults, is a storyteller and a retired youth librarian who was...
Author Interview With Laura Lee
Guest Speaker: Laura Lee Website: www.worldoflauralee.com Bio: Laura Lee is an author, illustrator, and designer. She grew up in the sleepy mountains of West Virginia where she spent many formative...
Two New Ways Increase Attendance At Storytime
A note from the editor: A new year means new sales goal for your bookstore and if you want to crush them, you’re going to need to think outside of...
Author Interview Series-Debbie Gonzales
Guest Speaker: Website: www.debbiegonzales.com Bio: Debbie Gonzales is a career educator, curriculum consultant, former school administrator and adjunct professor, and once served as a SCBWI RA for the Austin Chapter....
Author Interview Series-Tami Charles
Guest Speaker: Tami Charles Website: https://tamiwrites.com Bio: Former teacher. Wannabe chef. Debut author. Tami Charles writes picture books, middle grade, young adult, and nonfiction. Her middle grade novel, LIKE VANESSA,...
Author Interview Series-Laura Gehl
Guest Speaker: Laura Gehl Website: www.lauragehl.com Bio: Laura Gehl is the award-winning author of picture books with humor and heart, including ONE BIG PAIR OF UNDERWEAR, the PEEP AND EGG...