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You've Written Your Book. Now What?

Here at Self Published Author.com, we offer tools, advice, and resources to help you through the publishing process. Bowker is the official ISBN agency in the US and Australia. We're excited about authors taking the publishing process into their own hands, and we're here to help however you need it.

At Self Published Author.com, we

  • offer industry advice and perspective, giving you an inside scoop on the business
  • explore marketing tools
  • refer you to partners who can help
  • list events specifically for self-published authors

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Is There a Better Way to Run Your Business?

by Brian Jud
Bowker | Sun Jul 20, 2014

Your business model is the result of the decisions you have made to generate sales, earn revenue and manage risks. The business model of choice for most authors and publishers is to sell books through book retailers (bricks and clicks) and perhaps to libraries. This choice is usually made because “it’s the way we’ve always done business,” rather than a calculated decision based business, competitive and market analysis.

 

However, according to BookScan, 93% of all new books do not sell more than 100 copies. Perhaps thinking about different ways of selling your books might be necessary, or at least considered.

 

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Premium Book Company: Offering Catalog Sales to Non-Bookstore Markets

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Sat Jul 19, 2014

Premium's network of 60,000+ experienced sales pros personally sell your books to known buyers in corporations, associations, the military, government agencies and schools. They pay for shipping, and there are no returns.

Click here for more information on Premium Book Company's catalog program.

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Book Marketing University: Selling Large Quantities With No Returns

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Fri Jul 18, 2014

The Second Annual APSS Book Marketing University

October 24–25, 2014

Embassy Suites Airport Hotel • Philadelphia, PA

Sponsored by Bowker

The Association of Publishers for Special Sales is conducting its second annual Book Marketing University, with lots of great speakers and events. The program opens with a presentation by Dan Poynter, noted self-publishing guru. There will be an additional keynote by John Groton, former Vice President of Special Markets at Random House.

At Book Marketing University, you will discover how to sell your books in more ways than you ever imagined and to people you never knew existed— in large, non-returnable quantities. 

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Did you know?

According to Bowker's The Book Consumer In 2012

  • In the first 10 months of 2012, self-published titles accounted for 3% of total market share in units and 1% of dollars spent.
  • 74% of self-published eBooks purchased were adult fiction, 23% of which were Romance. Just 9% of self-published books were children’s titles (Young Adult comprising 31% of these) compared to their market share for all books of 19%.
  • 58% of self-published books were bought for less than $1
  • 75% of self-published eBooks were bought by females, compared to 69% for traditional published eBooks. 23% of all self –published eBooks were bought by women aged 30-44.

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