Energize your summer!

Energize your staff!

Bookseller Summer Camp offers professional development (and fun) for everyone on your staff, no travel required! This free, virtual summertime program will have two weeks of workshops and idea sharing sessions, and lots of Authors Around the Campfire!

WEEK ONE / July 11 - 14

EDUCATION: Up Your Sales Game

Monday, July 11 / 2pm MDT

We are delighted to have two instructors from the Professional Bookselling Certification school present this Sales class from the Basic Bookselling course. Matt Keliher is the Manager and Buyer for Subtext Bookstore in Saint Paul Minnesota, and John Evans is an owner of DIESEL, A Bookstore in Los Angeles and San Diego. In this session, Matt and John will help you discover your handselling style, discuss passive vs. active selling, offer tips for superhero handselling, and teach you how to be “Book Detectives”.
Panel Discussion: Ask a Publisher

Tuesday, July 12 / 11am MDT

Join us for a panel of publisher representatives from sales to marketing, as they demystify working with publishers and answer any question you might have about how your store can maximize your publisher/store relationship. This session is intended to be interactive, so plan to join the conversation!

Wendy Ceballos, Senior Director, Trade Sales & Operations and Indie Ambassador, Abrams; BrocheAroe Fabian, Marketing Manager, Sourcebooks; Julia Callahan, Trade Sales Representative, IPG; Meg Sherman, Field Sales Manager, W.W. Norton & Co.

Field Trip: Edleweiss for Buying

Tuesday, July 12 / 1Pm MDT

Intended for newer buyers, this session will walk you through the mechanics of ordering in Edelweiss. From creating orders to working with sales reps, you’ll learn the whole process!
Field Trip: ABA Virtual Children's Institute

Wednesday, July 13 / All Day

Join the ABA for a full, one-day digital experience with Keynotes, Education sessions, Storytimes, as well as Affinity Group Meetups and a virtual Galley Room.
Coffee Talk Round Tables

Thursday, July 14 / 10am MDT

Creating & Hosting Non-Author Events – or – Hiring & Maintaining a Great Staff

Join one of these round-table discussions for a chance to share ideas with your peers! When you register, choose the session you’ll participate in, and we’ll put everyone in breakout rooms at the beginning of the Zoom. Round-table sessions are intended to be interactive, so plan to join the conversation!

Author Event: Campfire Stories for Kids

Thursday, July 14 / 5pm MDT

Join us at the virtual campfire and hear from a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction authors. Meet 15 authors and hear about their forthcoming books for little campers.

Wendi Aarons

Ginger Mancino, Kid Comedian

BookBar Press
Lindsay Currie

The Girl in White

Sourcebooks Young Readers
Saadia Faruqi

Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party

Amulet Books
Sabina Hahn

Pineapple Princess

Roaring Brook Press
Mark Huffman

Bubbles

Brown Books Kids
Susie Jaramillo

Skeletina and the In-Between World

Roaring Brook Press
Vikram Madan

Owl and Penguin

Holiday House
Michelle Mohrweis

The Trouble with Robots

Peachtree
Rebeccca Rapoport & Allanna Chung

The Kitchen Pantry Scientist Physics for Kids

Quarry Books
Dany Sigwalt

This Book Will Save the Planet

Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Jane Whittingham

Wild About Camping

Nimbus Publishing
Dan Wowak

Bushcraft Kid

Alpha
Steph Lehmann

WHO POOPED?

Farcountry Press
Richard Fairgray & Lucy Campagnolo

Cardboardia 2: This Side Up

Pixel + Ink
Laura Krantz

The Search for Sasquatch

Abrams Books for Young Readers

WEEK TWO / July 18 - 21

Batch for Books: Better Invoice Management for IndEpendent Booksellers

Monday, July 18 / 2pm MDT

One of the most time-consuming aspects of running a bookstore is managing invoices and preparing payments to the publishers. Invoices clog up your inbox, pile up on your desk, and keeping track of and paying those invoices takes a lot of time and effort. That’s where Batch for Books comes in – through our free, easy-to-use web platform, we provide booksellers a way to more easily manage, keep track of, and pay their invoices. In this session, you’ll see a demonstration of Batch and learn how Batch can save you time on paperwork, data entry, and preparing payments to your publishers. You’ll also hear from some of your bookselling colleagues about their experience using Batch.

 

A Q&A will follow the session.

Education: Edelweiss for Frontline Booksellers

Tuesday, July 19 / 11am MDT

A well-informed staff is a stronger staff! Edelweiss is for more than just buyers. Learn how to use all of the platform’s tools for title discovery, communication, community, reviews, and access to review copies.
Coffee Talk Round Tables

Wednesday, July 20 / 10am MDT

Holiday Prep, Buying & Marketing – or – Holiday Prep, Staffing & Store Layout

Join one of these round-table discussions for a chance to share ideas with your peers! When you register, choose the session you’ll participate in, and we’ll put everyone in breakout rooms at the beginning of the Zoom. Round-table sessions are intended to be interactive, so plan to join the conversation!

Bookstore Member Orientation

Wednesday, July 20 / 2pm MDT

New bookseller members (or any member who would like a refresher on all our association has to offer), join us to meet the MPIBA staff and members of our Board of Directors, learn all about our events and programs, connect with other new members, and ask questions!
The Best thing Round Tables

Thursday, July 21 / 11am MDT

Social Media Success – or – Improved Efficiencies

Join us for one of these round-tables to share the Best Thing you’ve done recently! When you register, choose the session you’ll participate in, and come prepared to share either a Social Media success story, or somthing you’ve done to improve efficiencies in your store. Round-table sessions are intended to be interactive, so plan to join the conversation!

Author Event: Campfire Stories Authors All-Around

Thursday, July 21 / 5pm MDT

Come back to the virtual campfire and hear from a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction authors. Meet 16 authors and hear about their forthcoming books for adult and YA readers.

Will Betke-Brunswick

A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

Tin House
Ethan Chatagnier

Singer Distance

Tin House
Chris Enss

The Widowed Ones

TwoDot
Eric Gansworth

My Good Man

Levine Querido
R. F. Kuang

Babel

Harper Voyager
Chelsey Luger & Thosh Collins

The Seven Circles of Wellness

HarperOne
Kevin McCarthy

The Wintering Place

W. W. Norton & Company
Andy Mientus

Fraternity

Amulet Books
Michael Parker

I am the Light of this world

Algonquin Books
Matt Query & Harrison Query

Old Country

Grand Central Publishing
Jessie Stephens

Heartsick

Henry Holt & Co.
Chris Stuck

Give My Love to the Savages

Amistad
Jill Tietjen

Over, Under, Around, and Through

Fulcrum Publishing
Zac Topping

Wake of War

Forge Books
Nghi Vo

Siren Queen

Tordotcom
Jenna Evans Welch

Spells for Lost Things

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers