But
how about the bookstore buyers?
Not exact matches
And what we realized was that we had 20 years of data —
about why customers buy,
how they buy, what they read,
how they read and why they're reading it — that could make a physical
bookstore just a different and better place to discover books.
These children are often deeply misunderstood, and there are rows of books lining
bookstore shelves with instructions
about how to break their will,
how to subdue their spirit,
how to force their obedience.
In fact, that's
how we met at a
bookstore 10 years ago, and we've never run out of things to talk
about in the eight years we've been married.
However, most people are confused
about how to eat, as
bookstores and the internet are crammed with seductive - sounding diets such as Paleo, The Zone, Atkins, and others.
● SIGNATURE MOVE, by Jennifer Reeder, finds common ground between a closeted Muslim lawyer (Fawzia Mirza) and a free - spirited Chicana
bookstore owner in this heartfelt and funny film
about how modern romance can arise from a path steeped in tradition.
See
how this gave even the
bookstore personnel something unique to talk
about?
Think for a moment,
about how you browse and buy books in the
bookstore or on Amazon — books written by authors you're not yet familiar with.
Although he remains coy
about exactly
how much he's making these days, Howey says he makes more in one month than he did over the course of several years at his former job at a
bookstore.
For this hometown audience, she spoke
about how Nashville is a city that needs a
bookstore,
how she wanted to strangle Michael Feldman after he gave away the ending to State of Wonder on Whad «Ya Know and
how she does not have a «secret author answer» to interpreting her books.
This story also taught me a little of
how a
bookstore operates, things I wondered
about; lots of fun facts.
I have to wonder
about Howey's characterization fits with the perception and acceptance of the role of
bookstores in community and society, not to mention just
how dated his comment
about publishers» catalogs appear to be.
Over the years many authors have asked me
about how to get their books sold in local
bookstores.
This is vastly different from the old ways of thinking in publishing and
how publishers still think
about sales to
bookstores.
Very few people will speak up
about the truth of
how traditional publishers,
bookstores, and book distributors work.
I basically agree with your reaction, but when I think
about how much I hope independent
bookstores survive it makes me think this boost from Kindles might be a potent tool, if customers knew in advance what they were getting into.
But more and more, we keep hearing
about the resurgence of the independent
bookstore and
how print is not dying after all.
I'm not as pessimistic
about bookstores as either of you, but it's worrying to contemplate
how the economics of it all might shake out.
Below, Steve Guynn, the owner of Sherlock's Book Emporium in Lebanon, TN, answers questions
about his 16,000 square - foot
bookstore, his career and
how e-books have not affected his business.
When I sat down to interview Jessica Verday at Davis - Kidd
bookstore in Nashville, I hoped to hear juicy details
about how she came to write a paranormal teen romance inspired by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Make a list of 10
bookstores you could easily drive to, find an email address for each of them, and reach out to inquire
about how they book events.
The group introduced themselves and talked
about the power that comics had on them, writing for Young Adults, they discussed the differences between the
bookstore and direct market for YA books, where to shelve books in stores and libraries, Adult readers of YA books, inspiring kids to read and write,
how they decide what content is too adult for YA books and what backlash they've received and the digital market for YA books.
In the future, I'm going to be talking a great deal
about how to market your books, both electronic and POD books to
bookstores.
Although it's nice to think
about your book on display at your local Barnes & Noble
bookstore, most of your book's success depends on
how easy it is for prospective readers to discover it while searching for information online.
For more
about how to price your book — for domestic and international markets, physical bookstores and Amazon, print and digital books — you can check out the GLOBAL PRICING: HOW TO PRICE YOUR BOOK TO SELL WORLDWIDE session from Indie Author Fringe with our very own Robin Cutler and Andy Broml
how to price your book — for domestic and international markets, physical
bookstores and Amazon, print and digital books — you can check out the GLOBAL PRICING:
HOW TO PRICE YOUR BOOK TO SELL WORLDWIDE session from Indie Author Fringe with our very own Robin Cutler and Andy Broml
HOW TO PRICE YOUR BOOK TO SELL WORLDWIDE session from Indie Author Fringe with our very own Robin Cutler and Andy Bromley.
About how to sell your book into
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.
I was surprised to find a non-fiction book from another Portland author in the
bookstore, which kicked my mind into gear thinking
about how I could get my own books stocked here.
I love learning
how different businesses work, and I learned a great deal
about the
bookstore business from Suzanne.
Read more for tips
about how to get your book on their shelves or listen to our podcast episode
about how to sell your book to indie
bookstores.
And you're absolutely right
about how we can choose to make a book a «loss leader» to build up our name in the
bookstore.
You may have heard a lot
about how much junk there is at the online
bookstores since self - publishing has become relatively easy and inexpensive.
Amazon knows more
about your Kindle reading than the clerk in that
bookstore in the next town, more than your librarian, and in fact more than anyone has ever known
about how we read.
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?
You can't tell an editor
how to write the interview, or tell a reviewer what to say
about your book, just as you can't insist that a
bookstore owner keep a poster of your event beside the register for two months.
The steps were outlined in a post by GalleyCat that told users
how to go
about supporting indie authors and their locally owned
bookstores at the same time.
Before signing with a small press, always ask
about the publisher's experience, distribution program, and
how many books they have in
bookstores outside their local area.
In brick - and - mortar
bookstore days, the only thing a bookseller, author or publisher could really know
about a book was
how many copies it sold.
They forgot
about how the big box stores moved into the market in the 1980s and 1990s and drove most of the smaller, locally owned
bookstores out of business.
I'm extremely curious
about how Amazon will fare with its new
bookstores.
They no longer have to run their works past hordes of agents, editors, and marketing teams in order to get into print — only to worry then
about how clerks will position and place their works on
bookstore shelves, and for
how long.
* 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!)
Lamb goes on and comments
about how bookstores want to give their customers the «browsing experience» and have stock on the shelves instead of going to the POD model.
You don't find them talking
about how the influx of the big box
bookstores destroyed the locally owned
bookstores or
how the poor business management and over-expansion of the big box stores then caused their own downfall.
This week is all
about how to outfox Amazon with its push of third party sellers of books and learn what Aer.io is and
how to create your own
bookstore using its platform on author website PLUS offer any other book within the Ingram catalog and earn money as well.
Learn more
about how to get your self - published book into
bookstores.
What gets me more is her long tirade
about how small
bookstores are tired of having to deal with questions their customers bring them based on Amazon.
But I've also spoken before
about how bookstores don't need to die alongside the decline of printed books, they can evolve and remain relevant, useful, and even profitable.
He talks
about how bookstores are still a place for social interaction, discussing books, sipping coffee, browsing magazines, going to author signings, and more.
She said the complaint is still in the process of being served to Amazon and the publishers and declined to state
how it came
about or whether other
bookstores had been approached to be party to the suit.