Consignment Agreement Guidelines

Yellow Bird Books is proud to our community of local Authors and Artists through our consignment program.
This allows us to feature titles from self published and small press as well as prints and original art as space allows. 

We highly recommend visiting our store and feeling us out to see if you feel we are a fit for your art or book.

We will consider professionally made prints and originals in alignment with our standards from local Artists and professionally written, edited, and produced books from local Authors.

Authors:

Yellow Bird Books will pay the industry-standard rate of 60% of the retail price for consignment items sold. We retain 40% as our sales commission. Payment may be made with an ACH transfer or mailed check at the end of the consignment period. 

All inquiries should be directed to us through the form titled Local Author Consignment Inquiry. We will contact you to set up a meeting. Filling out the form does not guarantee a place in the store. Knowledge of our customer base and what appeals to them is a large part of our decision making process. We pride ourselves on our carefully curated collection of books. 

We would prefer that the title be available for our store to order through Ingram. Priority is given to books that are available.  However, we do consider independently published books and zines.  We reserve the right to reject a book for any reason. 

If selected, we can carry up to 3 copies of your book for 90 days. Yellow Bird Books reserves the right to choose where and how to display the book(s). After the initial 90-day consignment period, we will contact the author to settle the account, request more stock, or return unsold stock. The account may be extended for another 90 days if agreed upon by the store owner and author. If stock is needed before the 90-day period is up, Yellow Bird Books will contact the consignor for more copies. At the end of the consignment period, the author is responsible for picking up their unsold stock. All books left unclaimed after 30 days will be donated.

As part of the consignment agreement, the author agrees to promote Yellow Bird Books on social media as a location at which their works can be purchased.

Yellow Bird Books will do everything within their power to maintain the integrity of the books consigned and secure them during the consignment period. We are not responsible for theft, loss, or damage to books consigned.

Artists:

Yellow Bird Books will pay the industry-standard rate of 60% of the retail price for consignment items sold. We retain 40% as our sales commission. Payment may be made with an ACH transfer or mailed check at the end of the consignment period. 

All inquiries should be directed to us through the form titled Local Artist Consignment Inquiry. We will contact you to set up a meeting. Filling out the form does not guarantee a place in the store. Knowledge of our customer base and what appeals to them is a large part of our decision making process. We reserve the right to reject a artwork for any reason. Yellow Bird Books reserves the right to choose where and how to display the art.

If selected, we will agree on up to 10 prints and originals to carry for 90 days. After the initial 90-day consignment period, we will contact you to settle the account, request more stock, or return unsold stock. The account may be extended for another 90 days if agreed upon by the store owner and artist. If stock is needed before the 90-day period is up, Yellow Bird Books will contact the consignor for more copies. At the end of the consignment period, the artist is responsible for picking up their unsold stock. All items left unclaimed after 30 days will be donated.

Payment may be made with an ACH transfer or mailed check at the end of the consignment period. As part of the consignment agreement, the artist agrees to promote Yellow Bird Books on social media as a location at which their works can be purchased. Yellow Bird Books will do everything within their power to maintain the integrity of the artwork consigned and secure them during the consignment period. We are not responsible for theft, loss, or damage to consigned work. 

You are responsible for pricing your work, however we have minimum amounts; a 5X7 print must be priced at $8 or above, a 8X10 print much be $15 or above.