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Storytime Roundtable: Creating a Better Climate for Kidlit)
Mac Barnett's Make Believe urges us to respect and support children's literature the way we'd respect and support reading for adults. Following his keynote, this session lets booksellers share their best ideas for curation and displays, advice for children's events, and ways to cultivate kids' joy in reading. Roundtable led by Carol Doup Muller (Hicklebee's, San Jose).
Education Panel: Make and Break Rules for Buying
Rules for buying & strategic inefficiencies. Panel led by Vanessa Martini (Green Apple Books, San Francisco), Steven Sparks (Point Reyes Books, Pt. Reyes Station),
and Grace Lane (Linden Tree Books, Los Altos).
Education Panel to Roundtable: Bookseller to Sales Rep Networking Breakout
Reps will introduce themselves, their jobs and their role in the industry. Then we break out into tables or sections for them to get to meet and greet with frontline booksellers. Speakers: Kristin Rassmussen (Scholastic), Marissa Moss (Creston Books) and Kevin Peters (PGW).
Education Panel: Event P&L
How to do Event P&L and why it is important. Led by Mary Williams (Skylight Books, Los Angeles).
Education Panel to Roundtable: Hiring + Onboarding, Performance and Retention
A short introduction from panel about different stages of employee management to a breakout groups with panelists leading discussions for space to ask specific questions. Led by Eileen McCormick (Green Apple Books, San Francisco) and Camden Avery (Booksmith, San Francisco).
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