Market your book everwhere?

I was teaching a class one night. On my way out of the building, I had a conversation with someone in the elevator. Before we reached the ground floor, I had sold her a book!

WCP said:

I always put my book in the bestseller stand

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The bookstore employees who have to undo your work do not love you. They can't let your book sit in that slot.

sameerjoad said:

Sorry to ask, i haven't yet published a book - but how can you make a living or earn anything at all if you market a book a day?

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You can't. Most self-published books make little or no money for their authors. 99.7% of self-publishers aren't doing it because it's a superior way to get published; they're doing it because they can't get published via conventional means.

I have large magnets on the sides of my car advertising the upcoming release of my book. When I recently went to Goodwill to drop off some donations, they caught the eye of the two guys unloading cars, who said they wanted to buy a copy! I gave them each one of the little business cards I had printed up with the book cover, a blurb, and info on where they could pre-order it.

Those are really great ideas, I would never have thought of some of them. I sold one to the Lynden Tribune in Washington because we used their town as a setting in the book. They also gave us a really good editorial review.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058VAMY0/?tag=absowrit-20

It seems the best way to sell a book is to simply bring it up in conversation. I was shocked when my chiropractor asked me what I did for a living. I told her I wrote steamy paranormal books. And she bought it on the spot.

HapiSofi said:

The bookstore employees who have to undo your work do not love you. They can't let your book sit in that slot.

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Not only that, but it's likely wasted effort. If the book is self-pubbed, then what are the chances it's even in their system to sell if someone wants to buy a copy?

Many times, "reverse shoplifting", as I've seen it referred to, usually just results in a loss to the author. If it's not in a bookstore's inventory system, they can't sell the book.