Sentences with phrase «book on a bookstore shelf»

It should look like any other book on a bookstore shelf, yet many self - published authors make the mistake of cutting corners and skipping over critical steps in the publishing process.

My objectives included learning how to use InDesign to create a professional looking product, one that would look as good as any other book on the bookstore shelf.

All anyone needs to do is look at an agent's clients and the books on the bookstore shelves to sense quality.

There's nothing more thrilling than seeing your first book on bookstore shelves.

They may or may not have books on bookstore shelves.

It's a small victory for self - published authors like myself to get their books on bookstore shelves.

And although I was never a Tom Clancy fan, one could SEE the problem as his books on the bookstore shelves kept getting bigger.

Selling your book with a wholesale discount and making it returnable via a book distributor is the best route to getting your book on bookstore shelves.

As an independently publishing author, you want your book to be positioned along with other titles, published by the bigger houses, and getting your book on the bookstore shelves can do just that.

So even having a traditional publisher with print books on bookstore shelves doesn't mean you're being exposed to the greatest mass of print - book purchasers.

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.

After a bit of a kerfuffle, I got to keep «vagina,» but with no promise that the book will be featured prominently on Christian bookstore shelves.

This isn't her first book either, I'm sure most of you have seen her other gorgeous cookbook Everyday Detox floating around on the shelves of your local bookstore.

I've been dreaming of the day where a hardcover book filled with glossy images, the name on the spine reading «Tessa Huff» would sit on bookstore shelves next to some of my baking idols like Greenspan, Tosi, Beranbaum, and Stewart for years.

I went to my local bookstore yesterday to order your new book (I had to special order your first book) and was surprised to find that they had it on the shelf already!

We're in the midst of booking radio and other interviews now, so hopefully you might catch us on the airwaves in addition to seeing some excerpts online and our book on shelves at your local bookstore.

Hundreds, even thousands of diet and exercise books can be found on bookstore shelves.

With nearly 200,000 new titles published each year, bookstores have books featured everywhere — stacked on the floor, standing on end caps and sitting on tables, not to mention the rows of shelves.

It used to be that getting your book on a bookstore's shelf was the easiest way to ensure sales.

Libraries and bookstores are limited in how many books they can carry, so they are picky with what they choose to put on their shelves.

You need to understand the supply chain for bookstores and the reality of how long a book is left on the shelves before it is pulled.

Since you are no longer dependent on just the two - to - four - week period that your books are «on shelves» in the bookstores, books continue to sell for longer periods.

If a bookstore agrees to stock your book and put it on their shelves, what's next?

The codes help librarians, bookstore owners, and online retailers like Amazon categorize books and decide where to «shelve» them based on topic.

Back when my first novel was published in 1997, authors went on book tours, scheduling talks and signings at bookstores, groceries, and even stopping at drugstores and big - box retail stores to sign books on the shelves.

While it's true that they will also distribute it to the waning number of brick - and - mortar bookstores — self - published books are not usually available in bookstores — the number that actually land on the shelves is surprisingly small.

Unless there is a history of sales or a clear book marketing plan from the author to get books off bookstore shelves, most stores won't take a chance on a new author.

I'm afraid that once a bookstore stocks your book on their shelves that is about it.

She had spent two decades writing books that languished on bookstore shelves, caught in what she believed was a «vicious cycle» common to the publishing world.

It's something else altogether when a bookstore owner rips out the pages that contain «smut» and then sells the book on her shelves with the claim that it is «clean.»

Simply publishing your book is not enough to make it worthy of a sale or a spot on the shelf of a bookstore.

The third way to get your book on a local bookstore shelf is to go through the back door.

Getting into a bookstore is more of a source of pride and an additional source of physical promotion through book signings and getting on shelves.

For many authors, that's the goal: to walk into a bookstore and see their own books on the shelf.

Go so far as to step outside of her comfort zone of romance, her new book The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook is on bookstore shelves today and her faithful fans will not be disappointed.

That books that aren't marketed aggressively usually stay on bookstore shelves for just six months — and are then remaindered, often going out of print?

One of the keys is that you, as the publisher of your own indie publisher, must decide if paper books are worth it, if having your books in store catalogs and on bookstore shelves are worth it.

It isn't just books by Amazon publishing imprints that Barnes & Noble and most indie bookstores won't stock... they don't even want CreateSpace - printed indie books on their shelves, because CreateSpace is owned by Amazon.

By taking the above steps into consideration, you should be able to turn that work into the awesome moment when your book is placed on the bookstore shelf for the first time.

Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for book review consideration, book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves.

* Genre, in the most basic explanation means where on a bookstore shelf would this book belong?

Whether you're a new author or a veteran with dozens of volumes on bookstore shelves, your back cover blurb will always be your best chance to convince a reader to buy your newest book.

Therin is professional to work with and my books look great - very high quality and professional looking even nicer than some of the books you might find published on the bookstore shelves!»

Self published authors have to rely on their own resources, be more creative in finding retail shelf space for their books (as a rule, self published authors have far less access to chain bookstore shelves than the big publishers who spend millions on marketing dollars), and have to work very hard to create any sort of buzz about their books.

If you plan to approach bookstores to stock your book on their shelves, you'll need a visually appealing bookstore sell sheet, which is what retailers and wholesalers use to get the information they need to order copies of your book.

That doesn't mean that their books will be on the shelves in bookstores.

Traditional publishers build their business around the typical sales curve of a print book: put a lot of copies on bookstore shelves, see what sells in the first 90 days, and deal with returns and marginal ongoing demand on most titles.

Once you are satisfied that this book looks like what you want on bookstore shelves and other readers are used to seeing... go ahead and pick your book's birthday (also known as a publication date) and celebrate.

Stepping outside of her typical romance genre, her new book The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook is on bookstore shelves today and her faithful fans will not be disappointed.

Slim books mean having to squeeze the title and author's name on the spine, and also mean the book will not be very visible in a bookstore's shelf.