Comments on: Why won’t the book stores talk to me? http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/why-wont-the-book-stores-talk-to-me Carol White Marketing Maven | Speaker | Writer and Marketing Coach Sat, 19 May 2012 03:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/why-wont-the-book-stores-talk-to-me/comment-page-1#comment-1468 admin Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:06:48 +0000 http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/?p=487#comment-1468 Shannon - Yes, some local indie stores will take a few consignment copies from a local author even if it doesn't have to do with your locale. But that is still a pretty tough way to sell books - over time maybe a dozen or so? You need to be able to reach out to all of your audience, whether local, regional or nationwide. It isn't that difficult to mount a nationwide effort, but you must have some form of distribution prior to embarking on that effort. Thanks for commenting. Carol Shannon - Yes, some local indie stores will take a few consignment copies from a local author even if it doesn’t have to do with your locale. But that is still a pretty tough way to sell books - over time maybe a dozen or so? You need to be able to reach out to all of your audience, whether local, regional or nationwide. It isn’t that difficult to mount a nationwide effort, but you must have some form of distribution prior to embarking on that effort.

Thanks for commenting.
Carol

]]> By: Shannon Mawhiney http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/why-wont-the-book-stores-talk-to-me/comment-page-1#comment-1467 Shannon Mawhiney Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:37:15 +0000 http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/?p=487#comment-1467 If you are a local author (though the book you've written is fiction and is not about your hometown), would indie bookstores be more likely to consider ordering from you individually like this? Or does that make any difference? Thanks! If you are a local author (though the book you’ve written is fiction and is not about your hometown), would indie bookstores be more likely to consider ordering from you individually like this? Or does that make any difference?

Thanks!

]]> By: admin http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/why-wont-the-book-stores-talk-to-me/comment-page-1#comment-1450 admin Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:17:50 +0000 http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/?p=487#comment-1450 Hi Nancy - Perhaps this blog post is just what you are looking for: http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/is-distribution-for-pod-an-oxymoron or maybe this one about review copies - I'm not quite sure what your question is specifically addressing. http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/follow-up-critical-to-getting-media-coverage Hi Nancy -

Perhaps this blog post is just what you are looking for: http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/is-distribution-for-pod-an-oxymoron or maybe this one about review copies - I’m not quite sure what your question is specifically addressing.
http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/follow-up-critical-to-getting-media-coverage

]]> By: Nancy Naigle http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/why-wont-the-book-stores-talk-to-me/comment-page-1#comment-1441 Nancy Naigle Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:18:57 +0000 http://www.carolwhitemarketing.com/?p=487#comment-1441 Hi Carol, Any special advice for those of us that with small publishers that are POD but ARE available through Ingrams? My debut novel, SWEET TEA AND SECRETS, comes out in May. I don't want to waste mailing $s if I'll just end up in the trash. It's a tough course to navigate. Nancy Hi Carol,
Any special advice for those of us that with small publishers that are POD but ARE available through Ingrams?

My debut novel, SWEET TEA AND SECRETS, comes out in May. I don’t want to waste mailing $s if I’ll just end up in the trash. It’s a tough course to navigate.

Nancy

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