Event at Liberty Bay Books Sept 30: Join the authors of We Came to Say for an evening of readings and fun while supporting
local book seller Liberty Bay Books.
You'll have to invest in some copies of your book to sell by hand, and you might be able to negotiate a deal to get a few on the shelves of
your local book seller on a commission basis.
It does not matter if you live in Colorado, getting your title on retail shelves starts with contacting
your local book seller.
Sure, Kessler could have gone to
his local book seller to have them carry a few copies of his title, but he decided to take a different approach.
Or just pick up a copy from
your local book seller.
First we Book Readers watched as B&N and Borders put
local book sellers out of business.
Not exact matches
You can purchase the
book while you are there, at online
sellers, or from your
local independent bookstore.
Instead we are supporting our
local independant
book seller for
book sales AND, get this one, having green
book swaps as fundraisers.
Friends all wanted copies, a
local publisher printed it, took it to a
book fair, and the rest is publishing history: after BOY and GIRL versions first appeared in the late - 70's, Once Upon a Potty titles became best -
sellers in the U.S., Holland, Israel & Japan; the hardcover
books and animated VHS videos have sold over 4,000,000 copies since 1990 in the United States alone!
I feel smarter as soon as I sign the credit - card receipt at my
local independent
book seller.
Check out the movies in the
local cineplex, the most popular TV shows and the
books that have a sustained run on the best
seller list.
The
book is the No. 1 best
seller on e-commerce site Amazon, in Washington, D.C., popular
local bookstores sold out almost immediately.
Credit also to Sacha Baron Cohen as a
local constable, Christopher Lee as the
book seller and, in smaller roles, Richard Griffiths and Emily Mortimer.
While the top 100 list is usually dominated by new releases, cook
books, self - help, a few classics, and recently, coloring
books, right now a sizable portion of Amazon's top
sellers resemble required reading at your
local high school:
One facet of
book marketing includes the publisher's relationship with
book distributors, such as
local sellers, wholesale buyers, bookstores and online sites like Amazon.com.
Which means you could do public readings of your
book at your
local library even if you're not currently a top -
seller at Smashwords.
I also sold some copies directly to my friends and at some
local bookstores but those units are not included in the Amazon
Book Seller statistics.
Speaking for Spot and Your Dog's Best Health are available at www.speakingforspot.com, Amazon.com,
local bookstores, and your favorite online
book seller.