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Fun, imaginative exercise on bookselling Larry Send a noteboard - 11/06/2010 12:25:07 AM
Let's say you have a book coming out that contains work that you have done, say editing a reprint anthology. You know the print run will be small, probably less than 5,000 copies. You know that if there is less than a 70% sell-through rate (slightly above-average for books) that the budget could be lower for the next book. You have an online presence in various media.

What do you do to hand sell this book so you can get a few thousand people wanting to spend around $10-15 on a tradeback book that likely will have only a few physical copies in traditional bookstores?

Curious to see if ideas here reflect some of the ones I'm beginning to formulate. After all, I would love to be able to sell everyone reading this on just why they'll want to buy themselves a copy of Best American Fantasy 4 when it comes out early next year

Serious answers, please. It's already been established that squirrels might be a nice marketing touch, but it's doubtful a squirrel will appear on the cover
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Fun, imaginative exercise on bookselling - 11/06/2010 12:25:07 AM 608 Views
post it somewhere then get a lot of people to write really good reviews about it? *NM* - 11/06/2010 12:30:54 AM 170 Views
There will be reviewers who'll get early copies - 11/06/2010 01:03:28 AM 401 Views
Buy an add on readandfindout.com? *NM* - 11/06/2010 12:31:18 AM 162 Views
Is the readership worth the money? - 11/06/2010 01:05:50 AM 440 Views
Change the name to "Buy this Book or Die a Fiery Death in Forty Days" *NM* - 11/06/2010 12:33:55 AM 179 Views
And then start a chain letter e-mail. But are the increased sales really worth selling your soul? *NM* - 11/06/2010 01:06:13 AM 204 Views
God no, not that *NM* - 11/06/2010 01:07:47 AM 180 Views
Re: Depends. How much is your soul worth? One brother? One bestseller? - 11/06/2010 11:39:58 AM 425 Views
Not likely - 11/06/2010 01:07:28 AM 411 Views
"Best American Fantasy" sounds like "Regular Detergent" - 11/06/2010 02:03:57 AM 424 Views
It's based on Best American Short Stories - 11/06/2010 03:18:47 AM 456 Views
BASS? You mean THE BASS? Never heard of it. Sounds like "Potato Chips". - 11/06/2010 05:49:37 PM 405 Views
You don't read too many anthologies, do you? - 12/06/2010 08:27:39 AM 447 Views
put the word vampire in it somewhere *NM* - 11/06/2010 02:19:51 PM 169 Views
- 12/06/2010 08:28:12 AM 390 Views
A few (probably bad) ideas. - 11/06/2010 05:32:31 PM 616 Views
Most of these jibe with my thoughts - 12/06/2010 08:24:51 AM 539 Views
We did have good takeup for the BA3 competition. *NM* - 12/06/2010 12:19:56 PM 181 Views
Tell everyone that this book will be what the book club is reading. - 12/06/2010 02:33:51 PM 488 Views
Ideas - 14/06/2010 06:59:22 AM 516 Views

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