Welcome Authors of the Rocky Mountains!

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)

FOR SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS:
If your book meets the minimum industry and customer standards listed above, please deliver a 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

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

REMINDER: Your book must be approved by the store before it can be purchased 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 (NOTE: we areundergoing some personnel changes, so you may experience an extended review time frame as we work to create a better local author program for our community).

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? Contact the local author coordinator at
authorinquiries@tatteredcover.com.