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Authors! Want Your Book on Our Shelves?

Here's How:

The Benefits of Consignment

Our consignment program is focused on authors and small local publishers. Consignment enables us to:
- give local titles more visibility
- keep more books in stock
- provide our customers with a more diverse selection
- support our local literary community
- assist new authors with the business of their books Submission Guidelines Industry and Customer

Standards for Finished Books:

- professionally published
- printed and bound spine
- International Standard Book Number (ISBN) on cover
- suggested retail price printed on cover
- dimensions common to current trade publications for hardback/paperback books For Publishers: -provide purchasing information with the review copy that includes:
- publisher-determined suggested retail price
- discount schedule (publisher determines discount; standard bookstore discount from retail price is 35% to 45%)
- returns information
- publisher contact information (name, address, phone number,website and e-mail)

If your book meets the minimum industry and customer standards listed above, please deliver a finished copy of your book for review to the Tattered Cover Book Store location in Lower Downtown (at 16th St. and Wynkoop) or mail it to:

Tattered Cover Book Store
Attn: Local Author Coordinator
1628 16th St.
Denver, CO 80202

Please provide detailed contact information when delivering a review copy: e-mail, mailing address, and phone number.

NOTE: These guidelines are for local authors only.  To see if your book qualifies as local, click here.

☞ FAIR WARNING: If you leave multiple copies of your book at any store without prior approval and no standing order, the Tattered Cover assumes no responsibility for lost property. We cannot accept multiple copies because they must first be ordered and processed. Unprocessed books can easily become lost.  Be sure to drop off or deliver your review copy to the Local Author Coordinator (when delivering in person, go to the cash counter/reserve desk at the LoDo location at 1628 16th St. and request to have your book placed on the local author review copy shelf). This will ensure efficient processing of your book.

How Consignment Works

1. Your book must first meet our standards and be approved by our staff. Once it is approved for the consignment program, a $30 administrative fee will be charged. This fee allows our staff to continue providing individualized service to the hundreds of authors and publishers we support through the program each year.

2. The first consignment term lasts for 90 days. At the end of the first term the sales of the title are reviewed to determine future placement in the Tattered Cover's ordering process. Your book may be renewed on consignment or returned, depending on its sales.

3. The terms of consignment are as follows: 40% of your title's retail price will be retained by the Tattered Cover in sales, and 60% will be paid to you, the consignor. Tattered Cover assumes no responsibility for delivery or return costs, nor for items abandoned by the consignor upon termination of this agreement. Tattered Cover is not responsible for damaged, lost or stolen consignment items.

4. The Tattered Cover sold a copy of my book. When do I get paid? the Tattered Cover is able to pay consignment participants for complete invoices only. We are not able to pay for individual products or book copies. If an invoice contains 9 books, we issue payment when all 9 books have sold and when the consignor is due for a sales review (every 90 days).

We value high quality and excellence in the products we provide to our customers.  Submission materials that exhibit such high quality in form and presentation will be strongly considered for sale in our stores.  Conversely, materials that are replete with errors and do not include contact information, or that are not otherwise presented in a clean, professional manner will not be considered.

REMINDER: Your book must be approved by the store before it can be consigned for sale at our locations. The local author coordinator will contact you following review of your book to guide you through the sale process. Please allow at least two weeks for review of your book.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I schedule a book signing, book launch, or other event? The Tattered Cover has a dedicated events staff that organizes and schedules author events. Typically, a self-published or independently published title must be available in our stores and must have a documented history of sales before it can be considered for an event. With rare exception, our store-sponsored events are scheduled at least two months in advance.

Can you help me name a price for my book? We will gladly sell your book at whatever price you name. We do not dictate or influence pricing for our vendors.

Will the Tattered Cover display my book? The Tattered Cover has installed displays for the Rocky Mountain Authors program in all three of its locations. Titles on these displays are rotated regularly, to give all Rocky Mountain Authors a chance to be prominently displayed on the sales floor. In addition, consignment books are shelved in their proper sections to allow booksellers and customers ease of access in locating titles.

Still Have Questions? Contact the local author coordinator at
authorinquiries@tatteredcover.com.