[Michlib-l] Authors Selling Books

Nannette Miller erlib.director at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 14:56:47 EDT 2016


We allow the author to sell books. If they choose to do so they must
provide the books, the change, and handle it for the most part. We do not
involve ourselves or the Friends.

Nannette Miller
Elk Rapids District Library

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Megan Buck <meg at dcl-lib.org> wrote:

> Hi, All,
>
> Years ago we had someone take issue with the selling of books during an
> author visit.  The solution at the time now seems cumbersome and I would
> like to propose a change.  Before I get ahead of myself I was hoping to
> gather information on how other libraries are handling this.
>
> Some of the questions I have are:
>
> Do you allow authors to sell books onsite, and if so who provides/sells
> the books?  (Does the library provide the books to sell and keep any
> profit?  Do you use your Friends group to sell or invite a local bookstore
> to sell onsite? Do you ask the author sell their own books onsite with no
> interaction from the library/FOTL group/bookstore?)
>
> Do you treat self-published authors differently?
>
> Is this something in a policy, or just the way things are done?
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance for any and all ideas and advice!
>
>
>
> Megan Buck
>
> Director
>
> Dickinson County Library
>
> Iron Mountain, MI 49801
>
> (906) 774-1218
>
> www.dcl-lib.org
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Nannette Miller | Director
Elk Rapids District Library
231.264.9979 | erlib.director at gmail.com | elkrapidslibrary.org
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