This means if getting your title
stocked on bookstore shelves is part of your marketing plan, Booksellers Return Program is an essential element to earning shelf space and / or in - store book signings.
Not exact matches
Andersonville's Women & Children First, a women - owned, LGBT + embracing
bookstore, holds the utterly refreshing notion that all voices are worthy of
stocking on shelves.
If a
bookstore agrees to
stock your book and put it
on their
shelves, what's next?
Bookstores like returnability, in addition to having that full trade discount, because it gives them the ability to turnover
stock on their
shelves, essentially.
I'm afraid that once a
bookstore stocks your book
on their
shelves that is about it.
One
bookstore in France is doing something very smart, they don't
stock a single title
on their
shelves.
It isn't just books by Amazon publishing imprints that Barnes & Noble and most indie
bookstores won't
stock... they don't even want CreateSpace - printed indie books
on their
shelves, because CreateSpace is owned by Amazon.
If you plan to approach
bookstores to
stock your book
on their
shelves, you'll need a visually appealing
bookstore sell sheet, which is what retailers and wholesalers use to get the information they need to order copies of your book.
Whether you sell your books online or in person, it's important to know what readers are interested in, and what types of books your local
bookstores and libraries are interested in
stocking on their
shelves.
You'll also have an IngramSpark account, which allows any library or
bookstore to order and
stock your book
on their
shelves.
Lamb goes
on and comments about how
bookstores want to give their customers the «browsing experience» and have
stock on the
shelves instead of going to the POD model.
Another way to start book selling is to visit local
bookstores and set up a book - reading or signing where your publication can be
stocked on shelves and displays.
Authors have better prospects for having their books
stocked on the
shelves of chain
bookstores through traditional publishing.
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.
As you approach
bookstores and retailers to
stock your book
on their
shelves, access to your book's content is a key to stronger market presence.
Each
bookstore, be it commercial and independently owned, manages its own business operations including which title to
stock on its
shelves.