Best case scenario would have Faery Swap published in a couple years, possibly reviewed by a big journal, and
maybe on the book shelf for 3 - 6 months at a select number of B&N s around the country.
Not exact matches
or you might as well put that
book on the
shelf with the other childish fantasy
books that idulge the child like
maybe «The Wizard of OZ.»
Readers don't care when a
book was published, so whereas in the print market you're only
on the
shelves of the retailer in a prominent position for
maybe 3 - 4 weeks, so that early window is everything for a regular publisher.
Some bean counter in the corporate office decided doing away with the goodwill of their customers was more important than
maybe having a
book sit
on the
shelf for a couple of weeks before it was bought.
Now that my
book is available, I'll be methodically contacting librarians and booksellers hoping to get
on their
shelves and
maybe do an event or two for them as well.
In her mind, a larger publisher would have the
book sitting
on a
shelf, and
maybe it wouldn't even be published for a few years.
If you decide to change your keywords, be sure to add them to your
book description and
maybe even incorporate them in your title if your
book's not
on the
shelves yet.
Maybe books will have a home in stores and libraries, with printed copies
on physical
shelves, for the rest of our lives.
Just another thought / idea...
maybe just do storage with doors
on just the lower portion of the walls and open
shelving on the upper part (for
books etc.) Add a ladder
on a rod iron track that goes across the whole thing.
The office / TV room has
book shelves on 3 walls with
maybe 1000
books?