“Thanks for calling Verde Books — are you ordering a specific title, asking about an author event, calling about a library or school wholesale order, donating to Books-to-Prisoners, or something else?”
Built for the calls indie bookstores + radical / social-justice bookstores + library wholesale actually get
FL HB 1467 + TX HB 900 + IA SF 496 + OK HB 1775 + TN + MO obscenity-against-minors statutes expose mail-order booksellers to abetting / 'harmful materials' claims when shipping flagged titles into K-12-restricted states. The AI (safety.ts rule 11l R21 extension) captures book-order inquiries but NEVER confirms specific banned-title shipping to hostile-state addresses without owner attorney review. Routes to your bookstore-attorney + ABFE (American Booksellers for Free Expression) + NCAC (National Coalition Against Censorship) + ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom + Authors Guild legal hotlines for state-specific guidance. Audit credit: Esperanza Olivares-Hampton R21 (radical bookstore Pilsen Chicago).
Author event coordination intake: book launch date + author + publisher publicist + honorarium + A/V needs + ASL interpretation (cross-link to /for/interpreter-agencies R18) + signing-line management + community-partner co-promotion. Media inquiry posture distinct from 21g journalist-source-protection (which protects journalists CALLING IN tips, not bookstores receiving inquiries FROM journalists): media inquiries route to owner + counsel + publicist; AI never gives on-the-record quotes. Banning-controversy media surge handled with single-digest delivery.
Library + school wholesale intake (PO# + NET-30 + MARC + Baker & Taylor + Ingram)
Institutional book sales: library + school + university + nonprofit wholesale orders. Captures: institutional PO #, MARC-record requests (Library of Congress + OCLC formatting), Baker & Taylor + Ingram + Bookshop.org trade terms, NET-30 / NET-60 school-district billing, e-procurement system (Vendor Performance Reporting, RFP responses), Title I / Title IV federal-program eligibility. Same intake handled distinct from retail customer book orders.
ALA Banned Books Week (last week of September) + author tour intake
Books-to-Prisoners + Prison-Reform book donation programs (cross-link to /for/prison-reform R20)
Many radical + social-justice bookstores partner with Books-to-Prisoners (BTP) + Prison Book Program (Quincy MA) + DC Books to Prisons + Asheville Prison Books + state-specific prison-book-donation programs. The AI captures donor-intent + facility-specific shipping restrictions (each prison + jail + ICE detention center has separate-acceptable-shipping rules — paperback-only, no hardcovers, no spiral-binding, etc.) + Books-to-Prisoners coordinator routing. Cross-link to /for/prison-reform R20.
How it works for indie bookstores + radical / social-justice bookstores + library wholesale
From $107/mo (billed annually). No contract. Cancel anytime.
$129/mo if you go month-to-month. Three plans (Starter / Professional / Enterprise), voice cloning included with any active plan, BYO phone number. Most indie bookstores + radical / social-justice bookstores + library wholesale start on Professional for multi-staff routing.
Will the AI accidentally confirm shipping a banned title to a Florida K-12 address?
No. Safety.ts rule 11l R21 extension: the AI captures book-order inquiries but NEVER confirms specific banned-title shipping to hostile-state addresses (FL HB 1467, TX HB 900, IA SF 496, OK HB 1775, TN, MO) without owner attorney review. Routes to ABFE (American Booksellers for Free Expression) + NCAC + ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom + Authors Guild legal hotlines + your bookstore-attorney.
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Hostile alt-right callers harassing my bookstore — what does the AI do?
Yes. Captures institutional PO# + MARC-record requests + Baker & Taylor / Ingram / Bookshop.org trade terms + NET-30 / NET-60 + Title I / Title IV federal-program eligibility. Distinct flow from retail customer orders.
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Author event coordination — does the AI know how to advance a book launch?
Yes. Captures launch date + author + publisher publicist + honorarium + A/V + ASL interpretation (cross-link to /for/interpreter-agencies R18) + signing-line management + community-partner co-promotion + virtual-event hosting + civil-liberties-org outreach for banned-author tours.
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Books-to-Prisoners donations — does the AI handle the prison-shipping restrictions?
Yes. Each prison + jail + ICE detention center has separate acceptable-shipping rules (paperback-only, no hardcovers, no spiral-binding, etc.) captured per donation. Cross-link to /for/prison-reform R20. BTP + Prison Book Program + DC Books to Prisons + Asheville Prison Books + state-specific coordinators routed.
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