SIBA has added March Madness resources to the Peer Bookseller Resource Library.

The most important benefit of events like the March Madness Bookseller series is that it brings booksellers together to support and share with each other. Every bookseller who attends an event knows that some of the most valuable ideas they bring back come not from speakers or sales pitches, but from their fellow booksellers. They meet colleagues who face the same challenges they do and found solutions to the same problems they have.

Sharing resources so booksellers don't need to reinvent the wheel is why SIBA created the Peer Bookseller Resource Library: a collection of tools and documents created and road-tested by booksellers. The most recent resources come from some of the March Madness events, including:

• Quail Ridge Books' "Outside Sales" information sheet and contract for offsite events.
• An event "profitability worksheet" which tracks expenses, inventory costs, and labor costs.
• The Firestorm Books Operating Agreement, which details their non-heirarchical, by consensus operating structure.

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