How Authors Make Friends With Bookstores & Libraries
Gain insights into what makes the author–bookstore & author–library relationships thrive.
🗓️ Monday, May 19 from 7 to 9pm
💸 $75.00
📍Virtual Class on Zoom (a recording will be sent to all registered participants)
About the Class
Bookstores and libraries are a writer’s best friend. But when a writer grows to become a published author, the relationship balance can change from fun-loving customer to awkward sales rep. And this makes sense because writers are taught to write books, not how to sell books. Fortunately, for readers, many authors are eager to learn how to meaningfully connect with bookstores and libraries to promote their book, expand their author brand, and contribute to the growth of more engaged communities.
In this class you will
Gain clarity about the process of working with event staff at bookstores and libraries before, during, and after your book launch, including knowing what questions to ask them and when.
Learn the principles of community engagement and how it can help you tailor your focus when pitching bookstores and libraries about your work.
Understand the importance of an event pitch and why you need a media kit.
Gather insights and advice from a seasoned public programming librarian and bookstore event manager to help you become a more conscious and collaborative creative-community partner.
Create your 90-day Creative Engagement Plan to connect with the librarians, booksellers, and readers who want to see you and your book reach more people and help it make a bigger impact in the world.
This is a class is for writers, published authors, supportive friends, and anyone interested in growing and nurturing their relationships in the book world.
Gain insights into what makes the author–bookstore & author–library relationships thrive.
🗓️ Monday, May 19 from 7 to 9pm
💸 $75.00
📍Virtual Class on Zoom (a recording will be sent to all registered participants)
About the Class
Bookstores and libraries are a writer’s best friend. But when a writer grows to become a published author, the relationship balance can change from fun-loving customer to awkward sales rep. And this makes sense because writers are taught to write books, not how to sell books. Fortunately, for readers, many authors are eager to learn how to meaningfully connect with bookstores and libraries to promote their book, expand their author brand, and contribute to the growth of more engaged communities.
In this class you will
Gain clarity about the process of working with event staff at bookstores and libraries before, during, and after your book launch, including knowing what questions to ask them and when.
Learn the principles of community engagement and how it can help you tailor your focus when pitching bookstores and libraries about your work.
Understand the importance of an event pitch and why you need a media kit.
Gather insights and advice from a seasoned public programming librarian and bookstore event manager to help you become a more conscious and collaborative creative-community partner.
Create your 90-day Creative Engagement Plan to connect with the librarians, booksellers, and readers who want to see you and your book reach more people and help it make a bigger impact in the world.
This is a class is for writers, published authors, supportive friends, and anyone interested in growing and nurturing their relationships in the book world.
Gain insights into what makes the author–bookstore & author–library relationships thrive.
🗓️ Monday, May 19 from 7 to 9pm
💸 $75.00
📍Virtual Class on Zoom (a recording will be sent to all registered participants)
About the Class
Bookstores and libraries are a writer’s best friend. But when a writer grows to become a published author, the relationship balance can change from fun-loving customer to awkward sales rep. And this makes sense because writers are taught to write books, not how to sell books. Fortunately, for readers, many authors are eager to learn how to meaningfully connect with bookstores and libraries to promote their book, expand their author brand, and contribute to the growth of more engaged communities.
In this class you will
Gain clarity about the process of working with event staff at bookstores and libraries before, during, and after your book launch, including knowing what questions to ask them and when.
Learn the principles of community engagement and how it can help you tailor your focus when pitching bookstores and libraries about your work.
Understand the importance of an event pitch and why you need a media kit.
Gather insights and advice from a seasoned public programming librarian and bookstore event manager to help you become a more conscious and collaborative creative-community partner.
Create your 90-day Creative Engagement Plan to connect with the librarians, booksellers, and readers who want to see you and your book reach more people and help it make a bigger impact in the world.
This is a class is for writers, published authors, supportive friends, and anyone interested in growing and nurturing their relationships in the book world.
About the Instructor
J. Faye D'Avanza serves artists and creative communities as a consultant, coach, and facilitator based in Asheville, North Carolina. As a writer, editor, and former public librarian she has managed over 1,000 community programs from documentary film screenings, public lectures, musical performances, and creative workshops, to later serve as the marketing and communications event coordinator for Ink Fish Books—a woman-owned bookstore in Warren, Rhode Island that’s known for pairing books with locally made products. With over 20 years of experience in the book reading community, she’s worked extensively with authors and their publicists to design and promote their work through book launches, signings, readings, talks, conversations, themed-events, and workshops that invite community engagement, promote learning, and build social connections.