If you already have a relationship
with your local booksellers, it will be easier to approach them about stocking your self - published book.
Make friends
with your local booksellers and librarians, and never miss your book club meeting.
When a publisher offers direct special sales at deep below - cost discount, it damages the publisher's historic partnership
with local booksellers.
Check
with your local bookseller.
Check in
with your local bookseller, sign up for their newsletter and take advantage of their author training.
If you live outside of the U.S.A., please check
with your local bookseller or favorite online store for the release dates and editions available in your area.
Not exact matches
OK, I was walking through a
local bookstore the other day, not a Christian bookstore, just a run - of - the - mill mainstream
bookseller with two - floors and comfy chairs and I ran across a...
Thursday,
local booksellers Betsy Burton of The King's English, Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books, and Catherine Weller of Weller Book Works are stacking our studio
with books they say should be on your holiday gift list.
After that came browsing the stacks at my favorite
local bookseller, lunch in their cafe
with a friend and then home to watch several episodes of Portlandia.
And, says Laura Ayrey, executive director of the Mountains & Plains Independent
Booksellers Association, «Independent stores have been challenging e-fairness state - by - state by forming coalitions
with other
local businesses to amend sales tax legislation, and have had success in a number of states.»
Launched in the US just before Christmas, after several delays, it's rumoured for a mid 2011 release in Australia
with online
bookseller Booktopia being the first publicly - announced
local partner.
That is obviously a fairly ridiculous example for the purposes of illustrating where industry watchers already fear this precedent could lead, but what is clear is that the tax structure surrounding the entire book industry has been called into question in Europe for some time, largely
with the advent of corporations like Amazon having one set of rules, and
local booksellers being subjected to another.
The only thing Kobo was able to do in the US was partner
with the American
Booksellers Association to have indie bookstores carry Kobo branded e-readers and earn an affiliate fee when their
local customers purchased e-books.
You'll also want to make friends
with the
booksellers at your
local independent bookstore and the librarians in your
local library.
Our team specializes in creating and promoting events
with built - in audiences at unique off - site venues or
with bookstores if you would be paired
with a
local author or group panel, or simply going in for a meet - and - greet
with booksellers where you sign stock copies of your book.
«Bookshops are important cultural and community hubs, and make a vital contribution to the health of our high streets and
local economies in particular, so it is always disappointing to see them close,» said Tim Godfray, chief executive of the
Booksellers Association, in an interview
with The
Bookseller.
We're starting to do collaborations
with our work
with the ABA (American
Booksellers Association) where we're doing
local self - publishing nights
with the
local bookstores, bringing together the
local self - publishers and having them run clinics for other aspiring self - published authors or people who are trying to get a handle on what this space is... The catalog keeps growing
with new authors all the time, new languages all the time, and even as the total business grows, that percentage of self - published sales remains shockingly consistent.»
«There's a potentially bigger market in English if you did some marketing to engage
with the English - language books,» explained Reidy of the process wby which
booksellers are realizing their readership doesn't only buy books in the
local language; she went on to explain that there are bigger considerations involved in global sales, including how to price books in other markets.
On Saturday, Trisha and I went to our
local indie, Davis - Kidd
Booksellers in Nashville, to hang out
with a bunch of like - minded readers: kids who are obsessed
with The Hunger Games.
By forming a relationship
with your
local bookstore, presenting yourself as an author
with a stake in the community, independent
booksellers are more inclined to take a chance on your title.
But how can this be reconciled
with the need for a commercial industry of publishers,
booksellers and others who will have much more to fear from libraries when technology brings the
local library to every home and mobile phone.
Kobo: Not a new player, but one to take notice of now, Kobo recently signed a deal
with the Independent
Booksellers to make Kobo the preferred platform in your
local indie.
In addition, the company is working
with some of the best
local booksellers in Australia, including Booktopia and Dymocks, who are selling eBooks today,
with QBD The Bookshop and The Co-op Bookshop coming soon.
The
Bookseller is reporting that «Authors will receive royalties in
local currency, whether sterling or euros, at rates «competitive»
with Amazon and Kobo programs.
For their part, it is now up to the consumers to speak
with their wallets when deciding to support a
local bookseller or an online discount retailer.
She also builds Kobo's partnership
with the American
Booksellers Association by coordinating events at US bookstores that bring together
local indie authors and bookstores and help spread the word that you can support your
local store by buying books via Kobo.
However, if an author wants to connect
with local readers and
booksellers, an Amazon product may not be the best fit.
In the US this year, the ABA thought e-book purchases was a significant enough factor that they partnered
with Google to make e-books available through the websites of
local booksellers.
You have a treasure trove of information, connections, and opportunities
with your
local librarians and
booksellers.
Collaborating
with them for readings and signings (engage a
local bookseller to sell books at the library) can be a great way to spread early news of your book in the community.
You may be able to sell a self - published book to a
local or independent
bookseller, but if you'd like to make it to Barnes and Nobles or Books - A-Million, you'll have better luck going
with a traditional publisher.
In fact, we put together the most thorough list of independent
booksellers in the Northeast, along
with the
local chain.
To learn more about Barnes & Noble's Browsery, customers can download the app now for free from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, or visit their
local Barnes & Noble store and speak
with one of our knowledgeable
booksellers.
Apart from providing an essential tool to help self - publishers, through their collaboration
with American
Booksellers Association (ABA), they are also organizing
local self - publishing nights where they are matchmakers to introduce aspiring self - publishers to
local bookstores.
Libranda is negotiating
with publishers in Latin America and hopes to work
with local online retailers and
booksellers (some of which have a more mature market and established customer base than their counterparts in Spain).
Get to know
local booksellers and librarians, so that you have a relationship (or at least a familiarity)
with them prior to your publication date.