I am a wife, mother, sister, daughter, grandmother, aunt, friend,writer and woman. I answer to whichever name is called. I have had my first novel published, we are sending off the next to the last child at home to college, and we are enjoying the space. I would say we enjoy the peace and quiet but we have four dogs. Not happening here. I hope to make some new friends and catch up with some old.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Getting My Book Into Small Bookstore
That I believe is so important to the life and populariity of a book. Every one is so worried about the larger bookstores but the one thing they don't have going for them is the personal touch. I grew up when your local bookstore is where you went to get a book. There or the public library. You could pick the book up, read a few pages, look at the cover, back and front, and decide if that was the book for you. I want that to happen for my book. I am not complaining that my book is listed all over in the larger online bookstores but I truly believe that my book will do nothing unless the independent bookstores carry it. There is where it will make or break it. It is the biggest element missing in my published book's existence. It is an important part to the life of a book. Small bookstores deserve alot of credit in making authors famous. I don't feel the need to be famous but the point I am making is that unless you have your book in the smaller bookstores and displayed for the shopping public, it doesn't have a chance. So when anyone says small bookstores are a thing of the past, don't you believe it. For authors, they are the most relevent. It is they that make that book stand out. Once you are in those smaller stores, your book has at least the chance. Then it is up to the merit of your work. Does anyone know how to get a book listed in the smaller stores? I sure would like to know.
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