selling a book

[gemrich]

Hi,

I am about to go and sell a book for my girlf who has just had her first published.

The book sells ?10 on the net.

I am going to go into small independant book shops and try to sell it for her this weekend. I have direct sales experience but to be honest i am sh***ing myself as i know nothing about books and don't want her to see that i am! I need to stay confident!

I love the girl so i will do what i have to to sell it for her, and hopefully succeed in doing so.

Does anyone know how much i should be charging per book? Or anything else that could come in handy whilst selling a book?

I have searched high and low on the net but no joy in finding advice.

I woulod really appreciate any advice ASAP!

Thanks for your time to anyone who replies.

[lenk]

From a lengthy PR/marketing background I'll say that she us jiggered without some sort of selling point.

Have you seen how many books there are out there?

Why should I buy hers over anything else?

Come up with an answer to that, work out who would potentially buy it and then work out where those people go,both online and offline. Then either generate puff pieces to go with the book - presuming it's interesting, or use some kind of social media thingum to drum up interest.

PS this usually costs money unless you know what you're doing.

[PeckhamRose]

I admire your intentions.

Had you said what it was about - non fiction? Fiction? Subject? Self published?

- you may have got orders on here!

[gemrich]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

It is published by Hafan Books, all proceeds go to refugees in wales.

Here's the synopsis...

This vigorous, moving and darkly comic body of work delves into the hidden secrets of the post-industrial underworld of the South Wales Valleys. Inspired by the authors of Urban-Welsh Fiction, it?s a portrayal of the lives of the 21st century lumpenproletariat.

Set on a council estate in the South Wales Rhymney Valley, each story concentrates on archetypal natives, including: the coke-sniffing drug-dealer, the ostracised shop-lifter, the pill-popping clubber and the abused teenage mum. Through the characters, a commonality of despair and isolation is conveyed, while dark humour reflects the community?s blas?, comic attitude towards issues surrounding abuse, self-harm and suicide.

Would you like to order a book?

Email me at: rlou_24@hotmail.com

[woofmarkthedog]

Sounds thrilling.....................oh IF only I didn't have soooooooooooo many other books to read first

[Bellenden Belle]

Is she a local author?

Would she prepared to do an author evening.... if so, Review on Bellenden Road sometimes holds such events.

Typically an independent bookstore will look for around a 35-40% discount.

As for chains.... just don't bother, they are all ordered centrally.

You could upload the book yourself on Amazon if you were a pro-merchant seller (costs around ?28 a month).

Good luck.

[ontheedge]

refugees from where north wales ?

[HellNoHellYeah]

Did she consider approaching mainstream publishers?

[Mikecg]

HellNo,

[HonaloochieB]

gemrich Wrote:

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> Hi,

>

> Thanks for the reply.

>

> It is published by Hafan Books, all proceeds go to

> refugees in wales.

>

> Here's the synopsis...

>

> This vigorous, moving and darkly comic body of

> work delves into the hidden secrets of the

> post-industrial underworld of the South Wales

> Valleys. Inspired by the authors of Urban-Welsh

> Fiction, it?s a portrayal of the lives of the 21st

> century lumpenproletariat.

> Set on a council estate in the South Wales Rhymney

> Valley, each story concentrates on archetypal

> natives, including: the coke-sniffing drug-dealer,

> the ostracised shop-lifter, the pill-popping

> clubber and the abused teenage mum. Through the

> characters, a commonality of despair and isolation

> is conveyed, while dark humour reflects the

> community?s blas?, comic attitude towards issues

> surrounding abuse, self-harm and suicide.

>

> Would you like to order a book?

>

> Email me at: rlou_24@hotmail.com

If she writes under the name Hervine Welsh there may be something in this.