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How to Get Your Self-Published Book in Bookstores - WritersLife.org
 
 
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Hello there is Peter here again from
writers life and coming up today how to
get your self-published book into book
stores if you have self-published your
book you may be wondering what to do
next
of course there's nothing better for an
author than seeing their work proudly
displayed in a book shop without a
publishing house taking on your work
however this could be tricky
big bookstores rarely carry books that
have been self-published or only
digitally put this may come as a
disappointment to those thinking that
simply by their publisher offering the
book to the trade that it will be sold
in all the major bookstores in the
country the truth is however these large
chain bookstores only take on a small
number of books each year and in fact
even if your book was picked up by a
smaller publishing house
it doesn't guarantee that your novel
will physically be available in the
shops however your dreams have seen your
book next to some of the country's Grace
doesn't have to be over just yet
there are some alternative approaches
you can try that mean you can get your
book into book stores and change the
minds of the bigger book shops such as
Barnes & Noble and borders first get
practical in order for your book to be
sold via bookstores it needs certain
things firstly it must have an
international standard book number by
SPN or a bar code and this should be
printed on the book cover filling out
the advance book information
or the ABI means your book will be
listed in books in print this is the
primary directory where booksellers
order their books so without this you
are unlikely to guess anywhere next get
professional you need to make sure your
book is printed to the highest standard
by this I mean get a professionally
designed book cover don't do it yourself
unless you're exceptional and design and
have experience designing covers that
sell also make sure it's printed and
bound correctly bookstores are unlikely
to stop comb bound or saddled stitched
at stapled books next understand your
book is a product just like any other
product it needs to be saleable the work
you need to do in order to write a book
itself should start before you even
begin writing make a business plan for
your book do some research around
similar books ask yourself why people
will want to buy it and who those people
are you need to be able to justify why
you think people or rather lots of
people will come into the bookstore and
buy your book otherwise it is just not
worth the shelf space next market your
book if you don't have the backing of a
huge publishing house behind you you're
going to have to sell it yourself build
up a following your fans organize a book
tour go to events do book signings send
press releases ask for reviews and use
social media to try and get your book
talked about in any way you can if you
can build a Pinterest your book just
might catch on and if you can prove how
well it is doing digitally you
well convinced big-box stores it is
worth taking it on in print next
negotiate give bookstores a good deal
they are unlikely to be willing to pay
more than half the cover price anyway
but if he can negotiate with them and
offer a good Commission rate they're
more likely to take a risk
offering sale or return could also help
this is where if your books don't sell
they will be returned to you and any
money paid refunded to the bookstore
this provides a guarantee that they
won't lose out by investing in you our
next go local if you aren't having any
look with larger book stores and try
local independent ones if you can sell
yourself as a local author particularly
if your book is based in the area or is
of interest to local people this will
give them more of a reason to stock it
remember that even if you don't get your
book into the stores it doesn't mean it
can't be a success and you should still
mark it and promote it any way you can
it can be daunting but if you follow
these suggestions and keep persevering
then regardless if you make it into
bookstores or not you could still sell
your book and be proud of your
achievements and don't forget if you're
struggling to write or finish your book
our free writers toolkit can help with
it you'll learn how to overcome
procrastination get organized
stay focused find time to write and
finally get your book published to get
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you next time bye for now

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