Sentences with phrase «getting shelved in a bookstore»

Getting shelved in a bookstore used to be my ultimate fantasy.

Not exact matches

And this chokehold not only affects the inventory you find on Christian bookstore shelves, but which books are contracted by publishers, what content gets edited in the writing and editing process, and the degree of freedom authors feel they have to speak on their own blogs and platforms.

The latter can get you into bookstores but the downside is you have to pay to use them and you aren't guaranteed shelf space in those stores.

They won't — bookstores have limited shelf space and use it for proven books that are selling, have famous authors or a big marketing budget (and again, whatever doesn't get sold gets refunded and trashed... in a stupid, world killing publishing system that needs to change).

If your book doesn't sell in the first four months of bookstore life, it gets remaindered, and disappears from bookstore shelves.

IngramSpark is the go - to distributor for Indies and small publishing houses because, unlike CreateSpace, it is not in direct competition with the bookstores and libraries that order through them, which increases the likelihood of getting a physical book onto store shelves.

My imagination started getting the best of me as I pictured my 18 year old son working in a bookstore as a summer job with the same screw driver and hopeless look as the customer either left or picked up a printed book off the shelf somewhere else in the store.

If you're approaching a bookstore to get your book onto a shelf, what are the do's and don'ts for an author in that arena?

What many aspiring authors don't know is that (1) the shelf - life of new books in brick and mortar bookstores is 2 - 6 weeks; (2) traditional authors get 8 - 15 % royalties vs. 70 % royalties for those self - published; (3) almost 30 % of hardcover and paperbacks end up in landfills; (4) the timeframe between book contract to actual publication at traditional houses is 18 - 24 months; and (5) agents are rarely interested in authors who only have one book up their sleeves.

This means if getting your title stocked on bookstore shelves is part of your marketing plan, Booksellers Return Program is an essential element to earning shelf space and / or in - store book signings.

They no longer have to run their works past hordes of agents, editors, and marketing teams in order to get into print — only to worry then about how clerks will position and place their works on bookstore shelves, and for how long.

I worked in a bookstore, which meant getting to shelve my books there, talk to readers and hopeful writers, and when I met teachers offer to come speak to their classrooms.

This is likely to reduce the demand from readers in the bookstore, and make it harder to get shelf space in physical stores.

I needn't remind those in traditional publishing about the agonizingly slow process of contracting for a book, developing the manuscript, seeing it through the editorial and design and manufacturing processes, getting it into the stores with adequate publicity — and finally trying to move it off the bookstore shelves.

What most authors discovered, however, is that without access to bookstore shelves, or a reliable way to get in front of readers (these were the early days of the Internet — no social media and very little in the way of popular blogging), you were pretty much wasting your time.

As the first self - publishing house to offer a bookseller service, the first to guarantee shelf space in award - winning bookstores, and the first to provide access to new digital and e-lending platforms, New Generation is the place for writers looking to get independently published.

... The requirements to deliver on the promise «to put books on shelves» included the capital to invest and specialized knowledge to turn a manuscript into inventory, a physical plant to manage the warehousing and shipping of those books, and a network of relationships with the owners of the shelves (in the bookstores) to get the right to put your books on those shelves.

However, your cookbook gets a lot of support in return: you'll work with a top editor who will champion your book; they'll cover your costs of development, marketing and distribution; access to reviewers, prize consideration and literary outlets; and your book will be available on the shelves of bookstores.

They advertise, they get their books onto prominent shelves in bookstores and libraries nationwide, they have a system that gets many of their books reviewed in magazines and newspapers with wide circulation or websites with the most hits — they have coverage in all sorts of ways.

Outfits like iUniverse, Xlibris, and AuthorHouse (which have merged and been consolidated under AuthorSolutions) offered a range of packages to help authors get their books in print, though most books never sat on a bookstore shelf and sold a few dozen copies at best.

Smart marketing to get a bookstore to put physical copies in a physical store is lacking, but due to shrinking shelf space, it's unlikely a traditional publisher will get you in for very long either.

If your objective is to gain recognition by lining the shelves of brick - and - mortar bookstores in shopping plazas across the country — and you've got the wherewithal to pitch multiple agents on a blockbuster topic with mass appeal — then a trade publishing house might suit you.

Now granted, I've been working at an indie bookstore for twenty years so I do have an advantage in getting my books on local store shelves but it's not hard for everyone else to do it too.