By Amy Collins What we did We ignored the many display and co-op opportunities available at bookstores. Too many times, authors will attempt to get their books into bookstores and onto the shelves of retailers and give up as soon as they receive their first “no...
by Marcia Degelman Marcia is one of the authors I’ve met at the monthly meetings of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Group. She impressed me with her persistence and how she kept making her book and her marketing better. I asked her to tell her story, and...
When you become a self-publisher you have to learn to think like a bookseller. That makes sense, doesn’t it? After all, you are now responsible for the sales life of your book, and the most important single thing that you need to know is how to sell your book to...