Category Archives: Distribution

Ever wondered how much Amazon discounts your book or how much used copies are going for? If the price fluctuates — does that affect sales? camelcamelcamel provides simple, free Amazon price drop alerts and price history charts. Here’s an example of a book’s price history. It’s designed for customers to be able to get the [...]

Is your Marketing Strategy: New & Improved…Tried & True… or Old & Tired…? Recently, Christian Retailing featured an article on “Self-publishing”. It outlined new developments and statistics and included highlighting some “big brand name” publishers who have become involved in self-publishing. And, predictably, it quoted some quite overused and outdated arguments against. But, one quote [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Publishing Model for Authors: Bethany Press Launches BelieversPress to Give Author’s Faith a Voice Bloomington, MN – Authors face an enormous challenge; a one in thousands chance of getting their manuscript published by major Christian publishers. Until now, the industry has only offered authors royalty and self-publishing models. Rejected authors are [...]

A candid and varied look at publishing’s past and future from the former CEOs of two of the largest publishers (HarperCollins and TimeWarner respectively). Well worth a watch! Some highlights: Larry Kirshbaum: More and more authors are finding that even if they are published by a brand name big publisher they still have to an [...]

Call (615) 213-6803 Have your ISBN, and something to write with ready. Make sure you enter the 13 digit version of your ISBN (starts with 978 or 979) The system will repeat what you entered, hit “1″ if you entered it correctly. Make sure this is correct or the information you get will be wrong! [...]

Josie Leavitt, owner of an independent bookstore and blogger for Publishers Weekly, posted some helpful tips on getting local independent bookstores to carry your book: As the owner of an independent bookstore, I get approached at least twice a week by self-published authors asking me to sell their books. The world of self-published books has changed [...]

CIP A Cataloging in Publication record (aka CIP data) is a bibliographic record prepared by the Library of Congress for a book that has not yet been published. When the book is published, the publisher includes the CIP data on the copyright page thereby facilitating book processing for libraries and book dealers. Publishers who have [...]

Name: Tom Shetler Title: Can We Know? Why I wrote my book: I wrote my book out of a deep concern for the growing secularism in our society and its impact, particularly on young people. With the loss of Christian influence in our society we are experiencing a number of serious personal and social problems. [...]