Getting Your Self Published Book into Bookstores, Printed Books Sales, Review & Prizes - LIVE

1 May 2018 · 32 min
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Julie Broad walks through getting self-published books into bookstores and winning reviews. Print sales aren't dying: adult nonfiction jumped 18% in 2017. Get a real ISBN, use IngramSpark for distribution, and make books returnable, but know that over 80% of sales still happen online.

Questions this video answers

Print unit sales of print books were up 1.9% in 2017 over 2016.

Within adult nonfiction, the self-help subcategory had the strongest gains with print sales up 18%.

IngramSpark (use for extended distribution; CreateSpace/Amazon is not sufficient for bookstore orders).

You must have your own ISBN (do not use the free CreateSpace-provided ISBN); in Canada ISBNs can be free; in the U.S. buy from Bowker.

Books must be set as returnable; Julie advises setting returns to 'destroy' to avoid costly returns being shipped back to the author.

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