Sentences with phrase «got me into bookstores all»

The downside is that Amazon owns Createspace and that means getting into bookstores is going to be much more difficult.

She knew she couldn't get into bookstores, so she would have to devise another way to get the word out about her book, Cat in the Flock — a much harder task than it would have been five or six years ago.

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.

So how can an author get into bookstores?

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.

It is still NOT easy to get into bookstores, especially if you're using Amazon's Createspace — booksellers have too much antipathy towards the company.

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It's got me into bookstores all over the country including B&N, Books - a-million, bookstore chains in Michigan, and more.

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The chances of you getting into a bookstore are slim, very slim.

While you may possibly be able to talk your local bookstores into carrying your self - published book, the only way to get it into bookstores across the nation is by getting a distributor to carry it.

After all, you saw on Create Space that they could get you into bookstores and libraries all you have to do is click the «extended distribution for bookstores and libraries» button.

I do well with my books but would like to get into bookstores.

Unless the small press has a dedicated, exceptional sales team committed to marketing your book and getting you into bookstores (which some do, so check carefully), they are unlikely to be able to market any more effectively than the author can (and often less so).

Don't know if having my book with Lulu will get me into bookstores and libraries, though.

You probably will need a publisher to get into bookstores — though a lot of my successful indie friends have been selling foreign rights recently.

Generally, I don't recommend trying to get into bookstores or focusing on live events such as book signings, but it's important to address WHY I don't recommend them, since most first time authors will persist in achieving visual markers that match the «writer fantasies» they grew up with.

So «getting into bookstores» isn't a super thing — it looks cool and makes you feel good for awhile, and yes it might help sell lots of books.

With less time spent on worrying about getting into the bookstores, the independent publisher can concentrate on promotion and publicity.

Most big name publishers, the ones that can get you into bookstores, do not accept submissions from writers who don't have agents.

Stay tuned to our blog next week, when I will discuss the best methodologies to self - publish an adult coloring books and how to get it into bookstores.

How do get into bookstores or libraries?

If you can't get into bookstores, screw them — do it in the coffee shop across the street.

Think publishing with a small press will help you get into bookstores?

Certainly those standardized categorical identifiers are important for bookstores and libraries, but as authors have discovered, their books aren't getting into bookstores anyway, at least not without massive amounts of legwork involved in contacting individual store owners and convincing them to stock their books.

The only «team member» I lack is someone getting me into bookstores.

But it might be pretty large as your list of books grow and you get them into bookstores down the road.

It's still a good idea to go to publishers / agents as they have more resources and can get you into bookstores more easily, but if you are are not patient enough to wait, or the rejections get to you, or you want to skip publishers altogether, then self - publishing is a great option

As an added benefit, having a print version of your book can get you into bookstores (see below for more on this).

Some sources insist that if you let Amazon or Createspace give you a free ISBN, then they are the publisher of record and you won't be able to get into bookstores.

They promote us and get us into bookstores.

If you know anything about what it takes to get into a bookstore, one of your first questions should be about the return policy.

Then there is the belief that having your book printed and distributed through Ingram Spark will get you into the bookstores.

Want to get into bookstores and libraries?

In the last year or so, the PoD price has dropped to the point where you can now get them into bookstores and not loose money on them.

I spend a lot of time on social media — the hardest is getting into bookstores.

This is where authors get into trouble, believing the only way to sell their book is to get it into bookstores.

-LSB-...] on online retailers like Amazon.com, try to get them into bookstores, and essentially to become a competitive publisher, that's when you need to set up a company if you don't have one -LSB-...]

When talking to writers about the big difference between indie and traditional publishing, the main difference you will hear is that traditional publishing can get you into bookstores.

In fact, if you look at realities, there's only one thing a publisher does for you — makes it easier to get into a bookstore.

If your book is a beach read, get into bookstores at the beach.

This is NOT OPTIONAL if you want to get into bookstores.

That first - time authors and specialty books will have an even harder time getting into bookstores.

And even if they get you into a bookstore, that doesn't mean your book will be there in a large enough quantity to gather attention or that it will be there long enough to be found.

I was pointing up the differences and I think that's a point where they differ (self - pub authors generally aren't trying to get into bookstores)-- and it struck me in Saundra's article (also Elana's later) that there was as much emphasis on pitching directly to booksellers for trad - pub authors.

From everything to book promotion, getting into bookstores and onto bookshelves, these walkthroughs and tip sheets offer a wealth of knowledge that can only be gained through trial and error.

But getting into the bookstores can be done, and when you establish your book in the retail channel, you may find that orders continue to flow in for years to come.

It is necessary to get into bookstores.

As for getting into known venues, yes, traditional publishers can get you into the bookstores.

Let us know if you agree or disagree with investing time and dollars getting into bookstores.