Sentences with phrase «about bookstore sales»

One of my blog reader just sent me to this post, which I promptly added as an update to my last post about bookstore sales.

Not exact matches

The black - and - white calendar, on sale for 10 euros (about $ 14.50) in Italian bookstores and kiosks, carries the slogan, «Without you, research is bare.»

Comic shops are not sale or return — it's just straight sale — so they're actually MUCH more up for this sort of thing than, say, an indie bookstore, which will just bitch about not being able to return unsold books.

The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury (S&S / Howard Books; S&S Audio; Thorndike Large Print) is a Christmas story about a Tennessee bookstore named The Bridge that struggles to survive declining book sales and the rise of e-books.

(Also, the more speaking you do at libraries, the better your bookstore sales will be, because at least some of the patrons who come hear about your book at your library talk will then go out and purchase the book at their local bookstore.

This is vastly different from the old ways of thinking in publishing and how publishers still think about sales to bookstores.

Once your book has steady sales, is climbing the bestseller ranks, is getting new and valuable reviews, then you can think about going with Lightning Source — although if it's good enough to be in bookstores, and your sales are strong enough, a publisher will come to you, making it a mute point.

They take 10 % from sales at Amazon, Apple and all the other bookstores — or in other words, about the only place where eBooks really sell.

When stores like the Borders chain collapsed or when B&N's sales figures plummet, concerns are raised about what ebooks and online retailing is doing to bookstores, but that discussion largely focuses on the major players, and less on the mom - and - pop physical bookstores.

Because authors get so concerned about seeing their print book in stores — it's the «dream» and offers validation of their status — they're unfortunately blind to the truth of the industry: Physical bookstore sales aren't where most trade books sell; they constitute maybe 30 - 40 % of sales.

Also, as we were talking about earlier, sending sales to bookstores by directing your readers to IndieBound and allowing them to purchase from independent bookstores that they may not be walking in themselves, you are creating sales records at these independent bookstores.

Or I read a report about how books sales in bookstores are down, then read another where bookstore sales are up some huge percentage.

With «The Lion's Gate,» the book that we were talking about here, that had to be brought out by a mainstream publisher, it was too big a book, and it needed the push that a publisher could put behind it, getting it in bookstores and having a sales force and all that.

-- Social media pages geared toward providing readers with discounted books — Newsletters geared toward providing readers with discounted books or reviews of books at any price — Blogs that feature books from specific categories, discounted books, or book reviews — Any print publication that reviews books — Email lists that provide libraries with information about books, either with or without reviews — Distributor catalogues that provide bookstores and libraries with information about books, either with or without reviews — The algorithms that trigger «you might like» and «buyers also considered» recommendations on internet sales sites — Consumer reviews Notice the emphasis in most of these areas on reviews.

So the reality is that without co-op (and even that's no guarantee of anything), bookstore shelving is more about a personal sense of validation or ego than sales numbers.

«We are working with Brazilian publishers and closing sales agreements with retailers, as well as a large chain of bookstores to distribute the eBook readers,» said Humphrey, which was excited about the digital book market in Brazil, «In over 5 years, 50 % of digital books will be in Brazil «bet.

On the bookstore front, sales of independent booksellers were up almost 8 % as compared to 2011, based on reports from about 500 bookstores.

The questions we want to ask, as authors decide how they want to publish to maximize their chances of making a career is: Should authors worry about giving up bookstore sales by self - publishing?

So yes, sign up for it, but don't worry about the bookstores, worry about online sales and selling a lot of books in a short time period with a massive launch, guest posting and content marketing.

$ 12.99 cover price gets you a $ 1.14 gross profit per book in expanded (special orders from stores you don't ship to) and $ 3.34 through Amazon and you can buy them for about $ 4 per book for direct sales to bookstores at 40 % discount, so you make about $ 3.70 or so direct sale to bookstores.

* sigh * So once again, no book haul in this post — not because I didn't get anything (I may not have time to go to an actual bookstore, but you wouldn't believe how many emails about Kindle sales I get!)

To stave off concerns about the other side of B&N's business, Lynch quoted strong annual growth of 4.5 - percent for sales of physical media like books and newspapers, and said that «there will always be bookstores in this country.»

My opinion is that it was the complete absence of any platform for Robert Galbraith, the lack of any fans, anyone who cared about him, the lack of anyone willing to host him on a blog tour or help him set up readings at bookstores, or a tribe that would greet his long - awaited first book with enthusiasm that held back sales of what's obviously a well - written book.

For example, at the point of sale in a bookstore, the book and its ISBN are scanned and all related information about the title is accessed in their sales system — identifying the price correctly and subtracting a copy from their inventory etc..

But unfortunately, I made the mistake of mentioning that bookstores obviously get a piece of the book's sales price — prompting another comment about how ebooks are much cheaper than printed books.

Sell Your Book Like Wildfire: The Writer's Guide to Marketing and Publicity by Rob Eagar Learn how to: • Increase your book sales by driving readers to bookstores and online retailers • Build a brand that makes your books stand out from the crowd • Secure more media interviews and speaking engagements • Connect with key influencers who spread word of mouth • Create raving fans who buzz about your book on social media (2012)

Sales have dropped, bookstores are thriving on print sales and ebooks, once expected to dominate the market in 2015, have settled down to being just another format, representing about 20 % of the maSales have dropped, bookstores are thriving on print sales and ebooks, once expected to dominate the market in 2015, have settled down to being just another format, representing about 20 % of the masales and ebooks, once expected to dominate the market in 2015, have settled down to being just another format, representing about 20 % of the market.

And despite the recent fuss about the new partnership for ebook sales between Google and the American Booksellers Association, it is inevitable that as ebook sales rise, brick - and - mortar stores will decline and publishers will gradually lessen their investment both in the bookstore - based physical distribution network and in print editions.

If you want bookstore and library sales, but are nervous about returns... Set your book as returnable for 6 months and once stocked, evaluate sales and return rate.

If you want bookstore and library sales, but are nervous about returns... Set your book as returnable for 6 months and...

And despite the recent fuss about the new partnership for ebook sales between Google (GOOG) and the American Booksellers Association, it is inevitable that as ebook sales rise, brick - and - mortar stores will decline and publishers will gradually lessen their investment both in the bookstore - based physical distribution network and in print editions.

99 % of indie authors will not have print distribution in physical bookstores, and I would postulate that all the success stories we have heard in the last 2 years about indie authors and huge sales have come from ebook sales, not print.

And I have serious reservations about the way in which on the one hand Google is selling its services as a disinterested engine for discovery and real sales through linked bookstores, and on the other is on the verge of opening the largest and best indexed ebook store in existence.

Since libraries and bookstores are reluctant to stock indie titles, this means falling back on the free or 99c promo, which can produce a nice surge in rankings and thus sales but does, ultimately, promote that culture of buying rather than reading you're talking about.

In the intro, I go into some pertinent publishing news: Kobo has become Tolino's tech partner, which makes it a much bigger player in the growing German ebook market; Amazon is opening a bookstore in New York City; while Barnes & Noble reported a 9 % decline in sales over the holiday period, there's discussion on the impact of the All Romance Ebooks closure, and once again, I talk about the importance of multiple streams of income, as well as multi - currency / multi-country income in order to weather the changes undoubtedly ahead and hedge against potential economic changes.

So generating data about book sales from Amazon isn't likely to be very accurate — except the fact that many bookstores are going out of business because people prefer to A) buy online where things are cheaper or B) buy an ebook.

With the eBook market share stabilizing at about 30 % of sales and the decline in the number of retail bookstores new publishers have forsaken traditional inventory based publishing for digital publishing and print on demand (POD).

«We are working with Brazilian publishers and closing sales agreements with retailers, as well as a large chain of bookstores to distribute the eBook readers» said Humphrey, which was excited about the digital book market in Brazil.

«There is a lot of weird about how comics are distributed — the dichotomy of (sale and nonreturnable) comic shops and (sale & return) bookstores, and online... comic shops are a very strong voice for a book and it's a bad idea to marginalize them.

My book, Unlikely Companions: The Adventures of an Exotic Animal Doctor (or What Friends Feathered, Furred, and Scaled Have Taught Me About Life and Love), is available for sale online everywhere (seewww.LaurieHessDVM.com for details and book signing events) and will be on bookstore shelves on November 1st.

«In a typical regional mall, a 3,500 sq. ft. bookstore will do about $ 1.1 million in annual sales,» Johnson says.