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"Book Curator" and party-thrower-- I love that! I read so much joy into the agent-author relatonships Marietta describes. Her clients are very fortunate.

Great ideas! I love my local indie bookstore. We know everyone in there by name and they know me and my kids. I can't imagine life without an indie nearby!

What a great interview! Some great marketing ideas there, with the school visits connecting to the book store reading. Thanks for sharing!

I love that she owns a book store too!! She gave some great advice. Thnaks for this interview, Shellie. Oh and the prize includes a phone call?? WOWEE!! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Marietta,

Great stuff! I think it's neat that you are an agent and an indie bookseller. What a great combination! Thanks for all the tips on how to approach a bookstore. I will file it away for when I need it.

Jennifer

Hi Marietta and Shelli!
This was a terrific interview - and always great to "visit" with you two!

Great info for someone steeped into kidlit. We are lucky to have several indie bookstores and I know one of the owners quite well and have made an initial contact with another one, whose bookstore is within a children's toy/clothing store as well. I haven't kept up that connection so this is a reminder to me.

Thanks for the great information. Just told my writing group to become part of the IndieBound community - and to follow your blog.

I think it's wonderful that Marietta took the time to give advice. Agents are so inundated with work that sometimes I wonder if they have any free time. Thank you! Oh, and I'd love to win today's contest.

Great interview. Not too many agent/book store owners out there, I bet; but what great jobs to have. Thx for opportunity to enter!

Oh wow. I just queried her YESTERDAY (and I guess I didn't read your guest list very clearly, because I had no idea she would be on here).

Her ideas about diversity are awesome. It would be awesome to win this. And after all you/she said about independent book stores? So true. I'm floating on cloud nine. Thanks so much for doing this Maris Gras week!

I had the pleasure of meeting Marietta at the SCBWI/Midsouth conference last September, and it was so nice to read an interview asking all those questions we couldn't politely grill her about at the event. Thanks! BTW, if any of you make to Louisville, KY, Carmichael's Bookstore is an indy gem!

Thanks for the insight into Indie bookstores.

I'm an r-roller (Italian) and my husband is not (English). I made sure the children could both roll their r's because you never know when it might come in handy.

We have a great indy bookstore down the street which I love. I've tried chatting gently to the owner, but he's a bit shy. I will keep at it, because it would be a great place for a launch party. ;)

This week is AWESOME!! Seriously, I am learning so. much. Thanks Shelli.

And thanks Marietta! That your life is so immersed in books makes me pretty much green from my hairline down to my toes! So cool. And I'm off to go check out the IndieBound community :-)

Thanks for this information. I always get such a warm "at home" feeling when I walk into my local indie bookstore, kind of like how it used to feel walking into grandma's house. It's great to know specifically how I can foster a relationship with them as a writer.

This is great. Thanks again for posting! :)

I love indie bookstores! The nearest indie children's bookstore to where I live is "Storyopolis." I've learned a lot from reading this blog. Keep up the great work!

So much great information. Thanks to both of you.

Very helpful interview! Thanks, Shelli.

I'm loving the interviews this week, there's so much interesting information.

We don't anymore indie bookstores in our city - I was so sad when my favourite one closed :(

Thanks for all of the great information!

One of the most informative and practical interviews blogs I've read. It's people like Marietta that give authors the confidence to keep writing our art and persevere against the odds. Thanks so much. Very encouraging.

I'd love to win... but I've lost contests with even better odds. You've gotten a lot of comments.

Thanks for the great interview!

What great advice to pair the book signing to a school visit. Thanks.

Great interview! I loved the book signing tips - hopefully I'll get to use them someday. Thanks for a wonderful post.

I met Marietta at last years SCBWI conference and she was a remarkable, talented speaker! Thanks for interviewing her.

Thanks for posting this, she is on my 'to query' list!

Thanks, Marietta! I'm loving these posts!

Thanks ot all of you for participating today. Cut off is 12 PST time (3am EST) Good luck to all of you! :)

Love the partnering bookstores with a local library or restaurant! What a great idea.

Great stuff, as usual...I want to be a Book Curator. Wonder where I'd find a job posting for that??

Great interview, Marietta and Shelli! Thanks!

I, too, enjoyed the interview and meeting Marietta Zacker at a SCBWI conf last year.

Wow. You have been doing some really great posts over here! Thanks for these great opportunities!

You and Elana rock!! :)

Thank you so much for such specific, helpful marketing info! Wow, a lot of things I never would have thought of , and I feel so far from that stage of the journey, but I'll happily file it until then! Our local Indie is closing-real sad. They tried downsizing, but now will close :(

Might have missed the cutoff but had to say, I LOVE indie booksellers :)

LOVE Marietta! Thanks for the interview!
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For Bill at 10:18 PM

It's interesting to know that a child's enthusiasm for a book can mean a larger turnout at a book signing. Looks like word of mouth is the best advertising!



Thank you, Shelli, for sharing this and other insights from Marietta.

Marietta had great tips! The pairing of the school visits with the book signing at a bookstore is a great idea. I've seen both done independently but I hadn't thought of connecting the two. Great idea.
And her Indie book store looks so cute!

Talk about multi-tasker! Wow, I love the idea (though I imagine it's great work) of both a literary agent and books seller-- that truly is devotion to the wonders of books! Anyhow thank you for the tip on Indie Bound, I became a member. In Maine, we're blessed with a number of Indies, as well as a very strong, writing/illustrating community. Thank you again for this series, Sherri!

Aw GEEZE!!!! My bad, I knew I should have had the coffee first! My apologies SHELLI! Dang, goes off to drawing table red-faced.....

Oh, I have got to visit her store! I think it's not too far from me.

Shoot--I've never been able to roll my R's! :)

Great interview! I have my list of local independents and I've been trying to visit each one. Not only is it fun to meet new people, but it's fun to see how each store is set up!

I didn't realize that an Indie bookstore could be a resource for other marketing venues such as schools and organizations. Thank you for the valuable tip!

So insightful. Thanks, Marietta and Shelli. I'm linking the post. :)

Great tips for making the most out of a bookstore visit. Thank you!