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Something Really Crazy and Innovative
In Indie Book Selling I am not suggesting that anyone try this. Nope. But it was certainly fascinating to see. Started this afternoon when I drove Kris to an eye appointment that was beside a large mall here in Vegas. So I set off walking in the mall to get my 5 miles. (Yes, streak is still intact at 12 days in a row at five miles.) I was coming up a ramp in the mall and there in front of me was a small kiosk covered in books of all kinds. Nonfiction, poetry, some fiction, some coloring books, some political books, and on the lower shelf were a bunch…
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Think Like A Publisher #10…. The Returns System
I can’t even believe I’m writing this post in this series. A number of people suggested it and I just looked at them like they were nuts. No indie publisher should ever allow returns or even think about them. Duh. Then a top indie writer, a very smart person, and someone I have followed for some time said in response to a question, “I don’t want to put my books into bookstores because I don’t want to deal with the returns system.” I almost snorted my iced-tea all over my keyboard when I read that statement. Why would a very smart indie publisher say something that silly? At that moment,…