Partner Spotlight: PJ Boox
Meet Patti Brassard Jefferson, proprietor of PJ Boox, an exciting and innovative bookstore that features only indie and small press authors.
Book Marketing: How I Found Success in a Bookstore – A Case Study by Jonathan Hope
Think it's not possible to get your self-published book into a bookstore? Think again - and take inspiration from this fab case study of a fellow indie author's success.
Book Marketing: Creative Ways to Find Physical Stockists for Your Self-published Books
Don't fret if you can't get your books into bricks-and-mortar bookstores - take inspiration from Jude Lennon, reaching readers via other shops and community venues
Book Distribution: The Benefits of Ingram’s iPage Service
How Ingram Contents ipage (R) service offers indie authors a great way to work more effectively with bricks-and-mortar bookstores to their mutua benefit.
What Smart Indie Authors Know About Local Networking
How networking offline can help indie authors raise awareness and build their fan base - and how to go about it.
Opening up to Indie Authors: Dan Holloway & Debbie Young
This audio reading by the authors of the 2017 edition of the Opening Up To Indie Authors guidebook at the heart of the Open Up campaign, focusses on getting self-published books on the program at literary festivals and events.
Distribution: Case Study of a Self-publishing Success Story with a Local Indie Bookstore
A case study of how indie author Ian Andrew built a great relationship with a local indie bookstore in Australia
Distribution: How to Get Self-published Books into Airport Shops – A Case Study with Carol Cooper
How to get your books into specialist bookshops at airports and train stations - a case study by Carol Cooper
Self-publishing News: On the High Street
As I reported last week, as we went to press I was just finishing talking to a group of 30…
Opinion: Why You Should View Your Books from a Bookseller’s Perspective
A valuable insight into how booksellers view self-published books, by successful US indie author Karen Myers
Creative Book Marketing and Promotion Ideas for Indie Authors and Self-published Books
This month's round-up of top marketing tips from our membership shares ideas that might work well for you too.
Opinion: Getting into Bookstores: Why I Did It My Way Anoushka Beazley
Indie author Anoushka Beazley explains why she turned door-to-door salesman to get her debut novel into bookstores