To further her reach and help more people struggling in their dating lives, Chelli is expanding upon her existing avenues and will be
found on bookstore shelves in the future.
Hundreds, even thousands of diet and exercise books can be
found on bookstore shelves.
A trade paperback is a larger paperback such as you'd commonly
find on a bookstore shelf.
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.
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!
Ten years ago, if I'd gotten it into my head to write a children's story, I'd have to pray that some publisher would agree the story was worthwhile, and then that a reader would be able to
find my story
on a crowded
shelf at a local
bookstore.
I know that summer vacation is getting close because I've recently
found myself perusing the
shelves of my favorite used
bookstores and building a stack
on my bedside table.
You, Anne, didn't have to handwrite individual letters to each one of us, nor did we have to journey to the
bookstore in hopes of
finding a physical copy
on the
shelves.
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.
Finding a reputable publisher can be as easy as going to the
bookstore and seeing what's
on the
shelves.
It's common to
find the newest bestsellers showing up
on bookstore shelves in hardcover, and some months later in paperback, and later still in the even more economical trade paperback.
And don't forget, if you do get your book
on the
shelves of your local
bookstore, snap some pictures and share it with your social media network, post about it
on your blog, and list the
bookstore as a location to
find your book
on your website.
If they didn't sell, the
bookstores still owned the books and that was when we
found them
on the deep discount
shelf.
But I would still love to
find a traditional publisher willing to put my novels
on bookstore shelves, too.
The true work in
finding an audience, developing name recognition, and image building should happen light years before the book ever appears
on a
bookstore shelf.
I have
found that many locally owned used
bookstores will carry self - published books (mine, anyway)
on their
shelves, either
on consignment or buying them outright.
There are few, if any, of us who have chosen the indie route to publishing who wouldn't love to walk into the local
bookstore and
find our books
on the
shelves.
eBook lovers may not
find enough reason to visit
bookstores unless they want to preview the tangible copy of their book or window shop the potential item for their eReader; still, physical
shelves can not accommodate the virtual copies
on the cloud that are systematically categorized and curated.
It becomes difficult for a printer to squeeze the title of the book
on the spine if a book has less than 100 pages, and it's also hard for readers to
find a book that thin squeezed among larger books
on the
shelf of a
bookstore.
Then again, I can pick up a book like Twilight or Fifty Shades
on the first
shelf I see in a major
bookstore and
find horrendous typos and sentence fragments within the first paragraph.
Making the changes my focus groups recommended paid off, because that book can still be
found today
on bookstore shelves across America.
I review old books that have dropped of the radar as well, like this one, because they are often more valuable than what you can
find on the
shelves at your local
bookstore.
I quickly learned that even if I secured a literary agent and
found a publisher it would be 3 - 5 years before I'd ever see my story collection
on a
bookstore shelf.
BOOKS: You can
find a whole
shelf of comprehensive books
on Microsoft Office at most
bookstores.