Sentences with phrase «on bookstores»

It should look like any other book on a bookstore shelf, yet many self - published authors make the mistake of cutting corners and skipping over critical steps in the publishing process.

Less worrying about ourselves, less focus on the bookstore as our customer, and more about bringing writers and readers together.

The true work in finding an audience, developing name recognition, and image building should happen light years before the book ever appears on a bookstore shelf.

Another realization that should come with this statistic is that you can't rely on bookstores for sales.

A trade paperback is a larger paperback such as you'd commonly find on a bookstore shelf.

Yes, it is time for consumers to tighten their budgets, but that is not the driving force behind the reduction in titles on bookstore shelves.

Right at this moment, my little yellow book is sitting on a bookstore shelf or in your mailbox, maybe it's sitting on your couch.

The writer puts the books on the bookstore sites, promotes what they can, and goes back to writing.

By taking the above steps into consideration, you should be able to turn that work into the awesome moment when your book is placed on the bookstore shelf for the first time.

The best change on the bookstore front, in my opinion, is the slow return of the locally owned bookstores.

But I would still love to find a traditional publisher willing to put my novels on bookstore shelves, too.

Instead, you will see a box for «wholesale discount», which is anywhere from 40 % to 50 %, depending on the bookstore.

Winning space on a bookstore shelf is becoming ever more challenging.

Especially because so many of the people who commented on my post talked about choosing books based on bookstore recommendations and browsing physical stores rather than reading reviews online.

Every spot on a bookstore shelf is a space that could just as easily go to someone else.

POD books are rarely kept on bookstore shelves; instead, most are shipped only after readers order them at stores or online.

Put the authors on a bookstore tour and build momentum.

Independent bookstores rely on their communities for their existence — and while some communities may not realize it, cohesive communities rely on their bookstores just as heavily.

For what it's worth, I wore it to go on a bookstore - and - sushi date with my husband.

* Genre, in the most basic explanation means where on a bookstore shelf would this book belong?

They aren't really promoting it either and instead relies on bookstore owners finding out about Source.

The author thought it might not be included on the bookstore's shelves because it didn't meet certain physical requirements for this particular store.

Find more info on the bookstore's page here.

If your book crosses genres or age groups or doesn't fit neatly on a bookstore shelf, agents and editors may reject even the most well written manuscript.

You will not find vanity and / or scam presses on the bookstore shelves.

This arrangement kept inventory on the bookstore shelves and helped create exposure for books on obscure topics or by unknown authors, but the logistics and waste added substantially to the cost of publishing.

Most of us who have published a book have been conditioned to believe that success equates to having your book featured prominently on bookstore displays.

I quickly learned that even if I secured a literary agent and found a publisher it would be 3 - 5 years before I'd ever see my story collection on a bookstore shelf.

It's easy to get focused on the bookstore and online opportunities.

Who knows how many of their names will appear on bookstore shelves over the next twenty years?

Hundreds, even thousands of diet and exercise books can be found on bookstore shelves.

On the bookstore front, sales of independent booksellers were up almost 8 % as compared to 2011, based on reports from about 500 bookstores.

There's nothing more thrilling than seeing your first book on bookstore shelves.

If you plan to get reviews, space on bookstore shelves, or speaking engagements, think about this: The biggest complaint about self - published books is lack of editing.

It's common to find the newest bestsellers showing up on bookstore shelves in hardcover, and some months later in paperback, and later still in the even more economical trade paperback.

Your books will not magically appear on every bookstore shelf.

Choose a professionally designed, attractive cover that seems up to snuff with what you see on the bookstore new release shelf.

I've heard from some authors who can't — it may have to do with having an official author page on a bookstore site, a certain number of sales under your belt, or that there's just too darn many of us to police all.

It could be a curse on bookstore chains named «Borders».

Michael Tamblyn — CEO of Kobo told me on a few occasions that they focus on bookstores because their product seems more organic and wholesome, instead of being sold at a big box retailer, where technology is often cold and impersonal.

While sales of print comics are well documented (by Diamond, the distributor to comics shops, and BookScan, which reports on bookstore sales), real numbers are much harder to come by in the digital realm, where everyone starts to get all vague and mumbly if you ask the question.

If your books are ever displayed on bookstore shelves, having a name like Andrew Barnes will ensure yours will be one of the first books customers see as they scan the shelves looking for a good read.