Please read our terms for Author Alley:
Participation is free for both authors and audience. Space is limited and participation is juried by staff to ensure a compelling event year to year. Participation is capped at 30 authors per day. Loganberry may refuse any exhibitor for any reason.
Self-published or POD books must be supplied by the author (i.e., Create Space, iBooks, B&N Press, Lulu, Book Baby, IngramSpark, etc.). Terms are the standard 60/40, with the author earning 60% of the retail value of each book.
Author Alley event checks are sent within 30 days of the event.
Books must be professionally bound and ISBN registered.
Loganberry Books will serve as sales agent of the day, taking care of all point-of-sale business (change, checks, credit cards, receipts, bags, sales tax, etc.). All sales must go through Loganberry Books. Books from Loganberry inventory may not be traded, bartered, swapped or given away.
Authors will be provided a shared table and a chair to meet, greet, and engage customers in a professional manner. Authors may bring additional marketing materials to help them with this process, such as bookmarks, pens, buttons, stickers, pencils, toys, candy, etc. All materials must fit on or behind the table; there are no banners or posters allowed in front of tables.
Any non-book item being sold during the event must also be processed through Loganberry Books point-of-sale, and is subject to the standard 60/40 terms.
All marketing materials must directly relate to the book. No political/social propaganda.
Author agrees to be available for interviews and photographs prior to or during the event (as available). We reserve the right to use these photos and interviews for promotion.
Loganberry Books is not responsible for the safety of exhibits or exhibitors. Personal injury and property insurance is solely the exhibitor’s responsibility.
There is no smoking in the building or on the lawn/driveway of Loganberry Books.
If, for any reason, Loganberry Books is prevented from sponsoring this event, this agreement is cancelled. The terms of this agreement may change at any time with written notice.
Please note that this is an outdoor event. There is no rain date.
By signing this form, the group or individual agrees to the terms outlined above.