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...
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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...
Author Interview Series-Shelley Johannes
Guest Speaker: Shelley Johannes Website: www.shelleyjohannes.com Bio: Shelley Johannes is the author-illustrator of the Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker series (Disney-Hyperion). Her first career was architecture— where she fell in...
Author Interview Series-Rob Broder
Guest Speaker: Rob Broder Website: RobertBroder.com Bio: I am the Publisher and Creative Director at Ripple Grove Press, an independent, family-owned picture book publishing company that I started with my...
Author Interview Series-Hannah Carmona Dias
Guest Speaker: Hannah Carmona Dias Website: www.hannahcarmonadias.com Bio: Hannah Carmona Dias is a Writer who currently resides in Tennessee. Beautiful, Wonderful, Strong Little Me is her debut book which tackles...
Author Interview Series-Lana Button
Guest Speaker: Lana Button Website: www.lanabutton.com Bio: Children’s author Lana Button grew up in the tiny border town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. She has a background in theatre performance...
Summer Interview Series-Creating a Buzz Around a Launch
Guest Speaker: Dana Malstaff Website: www.boss-mom.com Bio: Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement...
Corporate Gift Guide
Following are some creative ways we have given back to our clients during the up-coming holiday seasons. Notecards. Our talented graphic designer, Maggie Spurgeon, created notecards with artwork from our...
Summer Series Interview: Marketing Using Magazines
Guest Speaker: Naomi Blackburn Website: www.indiepicksmag.com Bio: Naomi Blackburn, owner of The Author CEO, a consultation firm dedicated to helping independent authors navigate the development of strategic business plans and...
Business Book Review-How to Talk to Anyone
There are so many business books I have read that have benefited our publishing company or my author platform. Over the next few months, I will highlight some of my...
Summer Interview Series-Creative Promotions
Guest Speaker: NJ Rongner Website: www.workingchristianmom.com Bio: NJ Rongner is a business strategist who helps female entrepreneurs clear the clutter and get laser focused on what matters most. Known by...
Business Book Review-The Intentional BookShelf
There are so many business books I have read that have benefited our publishing company or my author platform. Over the next few months, I will highlight some of my...
Summer Interview Series-Using Analytics to Strategize
Guest Speaker: Barb Drozdowich Bio: Social Media and WordPress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught in colleges, universities and in the banking industry. More recently, she brings her 15+ years of...
Business Book Review-Ditch the Fear and Just Write It!
There are so many business books I have read that have benefited our publishing company or my author platform. Over the next few months, I will highlight some of my...