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  How To Sell Your Self-Published Book in Bookstores

  6093 readersThe American Booksellers Association has posted a very useful article explaining how self-published authors can sell their books at a few independent bookstores around the country. We’ve posted links to those helpful resources below, but you should read the whole article. If your bookstore has an option for self-published authors, share a link in

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  Seaburn Bookstore to Close

  7835 readersSeaburn Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Queens, is set to close. After 16 years, the bookstore owner Sam Chekwas has decided to shutter the store. He hopes to open a smaller shop in Long Island City next year. We found the story on PageViews, a brand new book blog at the New York Daily News. Here’s more

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  Are You Trying to Create an “Impossible” Book?

  3819 readers I don’t know about you, but I hate disappointing people. Authors have something to say, a message to get out, or a story that has to be told. They may have products to sell, too, but it’s no small thing to put your name on a book and send it out into the world. Publishing promises

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  Discoverability: Key to the e-Bookstore

  5489 readers You walk into a bookstore. You don’t know which book you want, you need to look and see what’s available. Bookstores, obviously, know how book buyers use the store. They arrange the books by categories. Novels here, cookbooks in the back, reference works along one side, biography on its own shelf. That’s how people look at

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  Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day

  3771 readersWith the cold weather setting in and the holidays approaching, December 4’s Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day is a great time to pick out a book with your child and spend an afternoon reading indoors. This weekend, stop by your local bookstore and peruse the shelves with your little one. Looking for an

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  Pop-Up Bookstore To Open in Shuttered Borders

  8366 readersOn  April 30th, Fleeting Pages will open a pop-up bookstore inside a shuttered Borders bookstore in Pittsburgh. The space will be stocked with independent and self-published writings: books, journals, zines, graphic novels, comics, magazines, e-Books,...

• Books Dance in Empty Bookstore

  8464 readers Celebrate “The Joy of Books” with the stop motion video embedded above–watch books frolicking inside a closed bookshop. If the video inspires you to support your local bookstore, here are some links: Best Indie Bookstores on Twitter and How to Buy eBooks from an Indie Bookstore. Here’s more about the video: “After organizing our bookshelf almost a

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  RiverRun Bookstore Finds New Space

  5445 readersRiverRun Bookstore has found a new space to rent a few blocks away from its original location; the rent will save the New Hampshire bookstore more than $50,000 a year. Here’s more from the bookstore’s email to customers: “On the finances side of things, more than a dozen people have come foreword and offered to become

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  How to Buy eBooks from an Indie Bookstore

  9413 readersAre you worried that digital books will ruin your favorite independent bookstore? This GalleyCat editor will join the #FollowReader Twitter chat at 4 pm today to discuss how you can support your local bookstore this year. You can fill up your new tablet or mobile device with eBooks from indie bookshops with a few simple tools.

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  Boulder Book Store To Charge $5-$10 for Author Events

  2626 readersIn May, Boulder Book Store will begin charging fees for author events. According to DailyCamera.com, attendees can expect to pay $5 to $10 for admission. Each ticket will be accompanied by a $5 coupon towards the cost of the book or any purchase the d...