With the Nook taking ebook device sales by storm (my son bought one and adores it), this is a win-win for self-published authors. Frankly, I wonder why they haven't been doing this already. Amazon has embraced it's Kindle authors since the beginning - woeing them, courting them, making them feel welcomed. But hey...the point is B&N is doing it now. Good deal.
Amazing how opportunities have blossomed for the self-published. If you self-publish, you have all the opportunities in the world to make sales - online stores, easy e-commerce, blogs, twitter releases, Amazon release parties, blogs, ample book reviewers - gosh, no obstacles whatsoever.
Plan well, organize your promotional efforts, fine-tune that platform, and most of all, write a damn good book better than most anything you've ever read, and there you go. Success. I'm not saying it's easy. Just saying it's doable. And it's all on you to make it so.
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More bookstores should be doing this, embracing the self-published and partnering with authors/writers in their area. That's something unique that might keep some of them afloat.
Self-publishing is an option to keep in mind. I'm a bookstore lover, so anything that helps them survive - I'm for it.
I've seen "local" bookshelves in bookstores, but never any self-published ones in the mix. I would think that bookstores could "proof" self-pubbed books and offer the good ones opportunity. Frankly, having a self-pubbed rack might attract attention, too.
Looks pretty cool. I may have to keep note of it for the future...
Thank you for the post Hope. And the info. It's all very interesting and tempting!
While I'm (still) holding off for the traditional path, I might self-publish my poetry as there are so few opportunities.
Thanks again.
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