When I got home that night, I received a message on Facebook from
a local bookstore owner who wanted to carry Don't Eat Your Boogers in her store.
Not exact matches
At last year's «Kids Love a Mystery Night» at the store, the
bookstore's
owner arranged to have the
local high school's drama class act out short mini mysteries for the students.
As libraries and brick and mortar
bookstores, both retail chain and independently owned, fight to stay relevant in the eyes of the reading public, store
owners and stakeholders have had to become more creative and more unified in their efforts to entice customers to check out the
local book scene.
Like any good small business
owner, Patchett couldn't pass up the chance to deliver an impassioned plea for supporting
local stores (especially her soon - to - open
bookstore, Parnassus Books).
Even with the recent news of a
local citizen in the US who launched a Kickstarter campaign to purchase her town's independent
bookstore from its retiring
owners, a
bookstore closing due to the age and employment status of its proprietor isn't attention grabbing.
Visit your
local bookstore and talk to the
owner and ask him for help with selling and promoting your product, in exchange for a specific percentage of the total earnings.
Sometimes a vanity press book had a
local interest and the
bookstore owner would take a few.
Ask a
bookstore owner or library manager about
local events for authors in your area.
Her childhood nemesis, Connie Graham, a reporter for the
local TV news station, always seems to show up at the worst possible time, and the
owner of the
local bookstore, Caleb Joseph, is far too attractive and far too nosy.
The
owner of Moe's Books has discovered she can sell rare and expensive or «collectible» books through Amazons web site, reaching more customers than she ever could through an exclusively
local bookstore.
Before teaming up with a
local bookstore to sell your book, make sure you meet the
bookstore's requirements before meeting with the
owner.
At the back of my
local bookstore, the
owner's wife holds a monthly book group.
The
owner of a large
bookstore chain starts putting the
owner of a small
local bookstore out of business.
As I continued to meet with
bookstore owners, we were being featured in magazines, national newspapers,
local radio, and on TV shows.
On the day I received my first box of books (cue Marty McFly moment as George opens a box full of his new novels at the end of Back To The Future), I took a copy to our
local bookstore, introduced myself to the
owner, and asked if they would consider stocking it.
Introduce yourself and get to know the
owners and staff at
local, independent
bookstores.