If your store is trying to expand your events program and bring in new authors, then you have had to deal with publisher event grids. Booksellers find them frustrating since every publisher has their own version, but they are necessary. Publishers may not even consider requests for authors by stores that don't fill out their event grids.

The newest addition to the Peer Bookseller Resource Library comes from Andrea Richardson of Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia:

5 Tips for Filling Out Publisher Event Grids

Fountain Bookstore's in-store and offsite events programs are legendary, and they have become expert at navigating publisher event grids successfully.

Find more bookstore-created and bookstore-tested resources at the Peer Bookseller Resource Library.