booksellers

Pitch Your Book Story to Book Industry Publications

As an author, reader, self-publisher, or publisher of books, you should subscribe to and/or read these book industry publications. Most of the email newsletters are free. You can learn a lot about publishing and book marketing by reading these newsletters. These are also good publications to get a book review, an author interview, a book […]

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Bookseller Letters You Would Love to Get

Here are a few bookseller letters any author would like to get. When working with your local booksellers, ask them to write a letter endorsing your book. You can provide the blurbs below as samples to inspire them to write you a great testimonial quote: “Wow, this book keeps walking out the door. Kids really […]

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What’s In It for Booksellers?

Question: What’s in it for booksellers? Over at The Book Marketing Network, I got the question, “What’s in it for booksellers?” In other words, why would bookstores buy any author’s book, especially one that is self-published? John’s Bookselling Response What’s in it for booksellers? Simple. Customers. That’s why they’ll carry your book. If you want […]