Before your book can be
displayed on bookstore shelves, your book's title has to «sell» the bookstore owners, managers, and category buyers who will order your book from the publisher in order to display it in their stores.
Not exact matches
For the bays where the glasses are
on display, the company borrows an idea from
bookstores, with
shelves that often go nearly to the ceiling and sliding ladders that staff can use to grab hard - to - reach pairs of glasses for the customer.
However, if fewer people are browsing
bookstore shelves, publishers can't count
on the serendipity of the
bookstore visitor bumping into a front - of - store
display and taking a chance
on a new author.
The books everyone sees
on display in
bookstores»
shelves more or less went through a traditional publishing process.
Bookstores are businesses; it is the prerogative of
bookstore owners and managers as to what books to order and
display on their
shelves.
Another way to start book selling is to visit local
bookstores and set up a book - reading or signing where your publication can be stocked
on shelves and
displays.
When publishing, authors must disclose information relative to their book so it will be properly
displayed on a retailer's website or a
shelf in a
bookstore.
If the only books you ever see
on bookstore shelves and special
displays, YB lists, and nominated for awards are written by men and star male protagonists, what books will the vast majority of readers buy?