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.
75,000 words translates nicely into a 300 page paperback which, when
placed on a bookstore shelf, has a one - to - two inch spine that is narrow enough to leave room for the latest 480 page New York Times best seller release and long enough to keep a customer from feeling cheated.
Not exact matches
This also goes for
placing your card in
places you know it shouldn't be, like
on the
shelves at a
bookstore.
Robin Cutler [00:05:54] I tell authors when they're thinking, even before they finish writing their book they should think about where it would be
placed on a
shelf in a
bookstore or in a library, and really go and look at those books like where exactly you think your book would be
shelved.
Every traditionally published book will have to be
placed on a specific
shelf in a
bookstore or library — and you need to know which
shelf that is before you pitch to an agent or publishing house.
You can help
bookstores and libraries to decide where to
place your book
on their
shelves by including the categories at the top of the back cover or near the bar code.
They no longer have to run their works past hordes of agents, editors, and marketing teams in order to get into print — only to worry then about how clerks will position and
place their works
on bookstore shelves, and for how long.
The Fact sheet contains the book's title, author, category, both ISBNs, pub date, price, page count, binding / book type, publisher, language, product dimensions, shipping weight, Web links, and media contact information needed to query a
bookstore about
placing your book
on their
shelves.
First - time self - published authors rarely have a sufficient marketing and sales plan in
place (or a sufficient track record) that would justify
bookstores ordering and stocking books
on their
shelves.
I also have plans of making my books «returnable» so that they can be
placed on Barnes & Noble
bookstore shelves.