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5WAYS TO GET YOUR BOOK INTO BOOKSTORES

Via The Savvy Book Marketer: Guest Post by Jo Ann Kairys

While retail bookstore sales have a lower profit margin than most other sales channels, many authors dream of having their books available in bookstores. And even at a low profit per book you can make good money if you sell a lot of books through bookstores. 

Although your local bookstore may be willing to buy directly from you, most stores prefer to buy through one of the two major book wholesalers, Ingram and Baker & Taylor. So the first step is to make sure your books are in the Ingram and/or Baker & Taylor systems on a “returnable” basis at standard discounts. See this article to learn more about working with book distributors and wholesalers, and remember that bookstores usually return books that don't sell within a certain timeframe. 

(Award-winning children’s book author Jo Ann Kairy’s shares her own experience in getting her books placed in retail bookstores.) 

As a newly published independent author, I certainly had a lot to learn about marketing my book. Getting into bookstores takes time and strategy, but with a well-prepared approach, it’s certainly achievable. Here are some tips that worked for me in getting my books into bookstores:

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