A guest post by Natalie Wright For several months prior to the release of my first novel, Emily’s House, I read every blog post, article and book that I could find about book marketing. Virtually all book marketing gurus urge the author to focus their marketing efforts online rather than book signings and other in-person … Read more
Here are the facts: There were almost 300,000 books published in the U.S. in 2012 according to our friends at Wikipedia. Nearly half of those titles are self-published. Publishers Weekly counted roughly 12,000 bookstores in the U.S. in 2013. Do the numbers and it isn’t difficult to see why retail booksellers are often overwhelmed with local … Read more
“Mysterious Galaxy is a genre store specializing in science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and horror.’ I like to inform readers, other booksellers etc, of upcoming events from indie bookstores. The Mysterious Galaxy has been a solid source for mysteries and science fiction for quite some time. Author events and signings are a huge way to increase … Read more
