Offsite Events

Book sales outside our store provide another service to individuals and organizations in the community by offering fundraising opportunities.  We have sold books at author-signing parties in private homes, in churches, and at many other venues. We have even sold books at restaurants, theater performances and comedy shows! Each out-of-store sale is different.

Quail Ridge Books & Music provides books and the necessary sales equipment to sell them - cash box, bags, table-top signs, credit card imprinters or (for customers with access to a smartphone) Square readers for quick and easy credit card processing. Although we have occasionally sent staff to handle a sale, most groups prefer to sell books themselves and earn a 20% commission on the sales total before tax.

If you are giving a party for a friend who has a book coming out, or if your business, school or organization is sponsoring a speaker who's written a recent book, contact our outside sales coordinator, Vicki Breeden, at (919) 828-8777 or at schools@quailridgebooks.com - the earlier the better - and we'll make every effort to accommodate your needs. We look forward to adding to the success of your event.

And, of course, if you want a signed or personalized book by one of the authors, just contact us!  (If ordering withing 48 hours of the event, please call rather than ordering online.)   

Thursday, April 18 @ 7:30 p.m.
Alton Brown – I'm Just Here For The Food
Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
The North Carolina Science Festival brings Alton Brown, host of the Food Network's Good Eats, to DPAC with a show that celebrates the science of food.  "An Evening with Alton Brown: The Science of Cooking" will feature Brown's unique brand of kitchen science with comedy, culture and cooking.  A Q&A session with audience members will follow Brown's performance.  For more information, visit: http://www.dpacnc.com/events/detail/an-evening-with-alton-brown-the-science-of-cooking

Wednesday, April 24 @ 6 p.m.
Jill McCorkle – Life After Life
Elaine Orr – A Different Sun
NC State University Club, Centennial Campus
Join the NC State Alumni Association and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for a dinner and book signing celebrating the release of Life After Life, the sixth novel by acclaimed author Jill McCorkle, and A Different Sun, the first novel by Elaine Neil Orr. The evening begins with cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by a seated dinner at 6:30 p.m. Author readings and a question-and-answer session will take place during dinner, the authors will be available after dinner to autograph their novels. Registration is open until April 17, and the cost of admission (including dinner) is $35 for Alumni Association members, $40.00 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, visit: http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu/s/1209/index.aspx?sid=1209&gid=1&pgid=2480&crid=0&calpgid=13&calcid=3252

Sunday, May 12 @ 7 p.m.
Carol Burnett – Carrie and Me
Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
Comedic legend Carol Burnett returns to the Durham Performing Arts Center. “Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett: A Conversation with Carol where the Audience Asks the Questions” is Burnett’s off-the-cuff conversation with the audience, a format that grew out of the question-and-answer sessions she shared with her studio audience on each episode of The Carol Burnett Show. Quail Ridge Books will be on site selling SIGNED COPIES (bookplate autograph) of her newest book, Carrie and Me, as well as her recent book of anecdotes, This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.dpacnc.com/events/detail/laughter_and_reflection_with_carol_burnett