I've had a similar experience in that I too, wrote a genre bending book that received rave NY editor reviews on submission with my agent, but in the end we were told the genre bending would be a hard sell, no clear
shelf placement at B&N their major seller, so they had to regretfully pass.
What comes under «marketing» by traditional publishers is shelf placement (sort of like cereal manufacturers purchase
shelf placement at grocery stores), a listing in the publisher's catalog, and review copies to reviewers.
Not exact matches
Interventions in urban - fringe and rural stores targeting the
shelf space of healthy foods and the
placement of soft drinks
at key displays may be useful obesity prevention initiatives.
In fact, the
placement of everything on every
shelf in the store has been meticulously negotiated between the supermarket and the manufacturers, with certain brands willing to pay more because they know that shoppers tend to gravitate toward products
at eye level.
I was shocked and a little disturbed
at the thought of working hard and then having to pay even more money out of my pocket to be considered for a
shelf placement.
I eye - balled the
placement of the corbels on the
shelves, and we just measured each one to make sure they were even The crates I got
at a local antique sale I hit up frequently.