Ask a Bookseller
with author-illustrator and bookseller Julie Rowan-Zoch
What do booksellers wish book creators knew?
Find out in this extended interview with author/illustrator/bookseller Julie Rowan-Zoch. Julie has been a bookseller at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins, Colorado, for the last decade. She shares how bookstores choose which books to sell and how many to buy, how setting up an event works, and a sneak peek behind the scenes of an independent bookstore. Plus, she answers questions from picture authors and illustrators like you!

This webinar purchase includes lifetime access to the 80-minute video, transcript, and downloadable audio track.
"I was the Storytime Lady in libraries for 40 years. This content is spot-on. Thank you!"
- Sherri Sellers
"Thank you for this insightful webinar, Julie and Julie!"
-Gabi S.
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Julie Rowan-Zoch grew up collecting freckles and chasing hermit crabs in New York and spent years slicing rich breads in Germany before waking up to 300 days of blue Colorado skies. She is the author of Iām a Hare, So There! and the illustrator of Not All Sheep Are Boring by Bobby Moynihan, Louis by Tom Lichtenheld, and Debug This Book by Omar Abed. Follow Julie on Instagram @JRZoch.
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"Thank you both for this terrific conversation. So many
nuggets of wisdom and sheer information."
- Tina Hoggatt