CBC Session: Selling Diverse Books

The Children’s Book Council Diversity Initiative joins with booksellers and librarians to share insight and triumphs for how they sell and market books created by or featuring characters from diverse races and ethnicities. Join in this discussion and hear the success and obstacles they’ve had, how these books are positioned, reader and patron wants and how publishers can support efforts at the point of sale. Gain insight on ways to build your own success stories with diverse children’s books!

• Elizabeth Bluemle, Co-owner of The Flying Pig Bookstore (Shelburne, VT)
• Shauntee Burns, Outreach Librarian for The New York Public Library and former President of the New York Black Librarians Caucus
• Erica Luttrell, Manager at Chevalier’s Books (Los Angeles, CA)
• Moderator: Betsy Bird, Collection Development Manager of Evanston Public Library. Betsy blogs at the SLJ site A Fuse #8 Production and is the author of Giant Dance Party