Next, they partner with
local bookstores because they want to go after hardcore readers, the types of people who devour books at an accelerated pace.
Not exact matches
Recently while browsing at my
local bookstore, a girl said, «I want to read more books by Eve Bunting but I can't
because all the ones I have left to read by her are not on my level.»
They are unchanged, although since my previous Big Reveal post I have stopped selling through my website, direct to readers and through my
local bookstore, as to make life easier for myself I have avoided as much as possible scenarios in which I have to order stock (
because I have to pay for shipping).
My Print «Royalties» They are unchanged, although since my previous Big Reveal post I have stopped selling through my website, direct to readers and through my
local bookstore, as to make life easier for myself I have avoided as much as possible scenarios in which I have to order stock (
because I have to pay for shipping).
Just be sure to save some shopping energy for Small Business Saturday, too,
because you'll be in for a treat when you shop at your
local independent
bookstore.
(Also, the more speaking you do at libraries, the better your
bookstore sales will be,
because at least some of the patrons who come hear about your book at your library talk will then go out and purchase the book at their
local bookstore.
And of course let's also support our
local indie
bookstores (that would be Otter Books in my current home town of Nelson, BC, Canada)
because they're the folks that give up - and - coming scribblers, (like me), shelf space!
retail
bookstores welcome
local self - published authors to do book sign - ings,
because the stores will recognize how those authors can drive traffic to their locations.
10:43 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: The kid apparently still visits the
local bookstore before turning to the amazon kindle, made by amazon, where he can download books from amazon,
because the feels sorry for the dusty old bokstore.
So, some of the things that we're seeing here at IngramSpark, not only are
bookstores building programs to more robustly support their
local author community, but they're also building programs to print and publish titles themselves,
because they understand that creating content specific to a region is what's going to sell that product.
This is partly
because text is too small to read and
local bookstores have a paltry amount of titles that have extra large fonts.
«The more people that we can get to set foot in the store, the more likely it is that those consumers are going to find something they love
because, sometimes, all it takes is getting inside and seeing what the indie bookseller is up to in order to recognize the tremendous value a
local bookstore brings to that community.»
Because you self - published, you'll have a tough time getting your book in brick and mortar stores like Barnes & Noble, but that shouldn't impede you from working with
local bookstores.
It may also be that independent
bookstores will thrive
because of their smaller footprint and more intimate knowledge of
local reading habits.
No, not
because Amazon killed the
local bookstore — it didn't.
Manjoo's column, «Don't Support Your
Local Bookseller» asserts that killing off indie bookstores might not be such a bad thing because they are, «some of the least efficient, least user - friendly, and most mistakenly mythologized local establishments you can find,» calling them «cultish, moldering institutions.&r
Local Bookseller» asserts that killing off indie
bookstores might not be such a bad thing
because they are, «some of the least efficient, least user - friendly, and most mistakenly mythologized
local establishments you can find,» calling them «cultish, moldering institutions.&r
local establishments you can find,» calling them «cultish, moldering institutions.»
I have always supported my
local Half Price Books store and the few other used independent
bookstores not just
because of the prices, but
because they offer so many out of print and hard to find books that I am always looking for or happen to come across while browsing the aisles.
But I do try and patronize
local bookstores and alternative ebook providers
because everyone (even Amazon) benefits from the competition.
I heartily remind people that just
because Amazon has been screwing these authors by making it impossible to buy their books there, doesn't mean you can't get those books — pretty much immediately — from all sorts of other retailers, including
local bookstores.
I'd love to win the Nook used or not
because they closed our
local bookstore and with the busy beach traffic that had invaded our town on their way to the beach at the ocean two miles down the road I'd rather just lounge on in a beach chair in my back yard with a fun book.
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.
Since I loved reading, I wanted to work for my
local bookstore but my mom wouldn't let me have any retail or fast food job
because she believed that they were a waste of my time (she's very strict).
This Chinese
bookstore that sells a wide range of
local novels and second - hand books is popular among cat lovers
because of the numerous felines it houses.
Including messy children and a house full of sand
because of the new houses built in the area... You know what, I am so grateful that I laid my hands on a copy of Love The Home You Have in a
local bookstore in Leiden.