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