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Self publishing distribution?

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  • 03-09-2012 4:49pm
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    door
    Registered Users Posts: 201 ✭✭


    For anybody who knows the business well or has experience in this I am interested to hear how self published authors have managed to distribute their work and get on the shelves in places like Easons, Reads, Dubray, Hodges Figgis etc..

    Thank you.


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    #2
    onewhogroks
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭onewhogroks


    In my experience, these self-published authors have distributed their work by doing one of the following:

    A) Successfully self-marketed themselves and got enough online sales which earned a contract from a traditional publisher who, in turn, got them into book stores or

    B) Paid a print-on-demand service for a bulk amount of their own book and then used some contact they may have to get it in a book store (or just went to a friendly independent book store) who put their books up for sale

    I am sure there are other ways, but these two are the most common I've heard of.

    I work with a media company who are also involved in ePublishing.


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    Hedgemeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Hedgemeister


    My last book was self-published and managed to get it onto the shelves at Easons - I don't remember exactly how much they kept from the price of each copy, but it was about 40%.
    But fair play to Easons.
    I got the promotion/exposure which is important to a writer.
    Privately owned (Irish) book-shops refused to take any copies, but maybe they were waiting for Stephen King to show up?
    Is that why they're all gone to the wall?


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