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Have you been struggling with marketing your book? Here are some amazing tips from Keri-Rae Barnum who has been working for many years to help authors gain more visibility with their books. To connect with her visit https://newshelves.com/. To find out more about becoming a published author visit https://olearypublishing.com/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olearypublishing/message
Amy Collins is asked: If you could give aspiring writers one piece of advice, what would it be? How to put yourself on the path to becoming a successful author. What should I do every day if I want to be a better writer? What are the top three things that should be on my writing checklist? Amy Collins is the President of New Shelves Books, one of the best-known book sales and marketing agencies in the US. In the last 20 years Amy and her team have sold over 40 million books into the bookstore, library, and chain store market for small and mid-sized publishers.
In this magical Episode 10, Wendy is delighted to be joined by Amy Collins the Director of New Shelves Books, one of the best know book sales and marketing agencies in the United States. She shares her vast knowledge and expertise of the industry with insights into how it works and how you can better market your books.
Amy Collins, Publishing ExpertAuthor of THE WRITE WAYCollins is the founder of Bestseller Builders and president of New Shelves Books. Collins is a trusted expert, speaker, and recommended sales consultant for some of the largest book and library retailers and wholesalers in the publishing industry. She is a USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author and in the last 20 years, Amy and her team have sold over 40 Million books into the bookstore, library, and Chain store market for small and midsized publishers. She is a columnist for and a board member of several publishing organizations and a trusted teacher in the world of independent publishers.When not in the office, her focus is on the working poor and poverty elimination, and she spends a great deal of time personally and professionally working with and training women from disadvantaged backgrounds. A member of several charitable and political organizations, she donates not only her time but a portion of her company’s profits to grant-based charities that work to alleviate the cycle of poverty.She is a singer in a Celtic blues band on the weekends and is saving for a faster motorcycle.Website: www.newshelves.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/NewShelvesBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyCollinsNewShelves Skype: NewShelvesBooksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycollins
Collins is the founder of Bestseller Builders and president of New Shelves Books. Collins is a trusted expert, speaker, and recommended sales consultant for some of the largest book and library retailers and wholesalers in the publishing industry. She is a USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL bestselling author and in the last 20 years, Amy and her team have sold over 40 Million books into the bookstore, library, and Chain store market for small and midsized publishers. She is a columnist for and a board member of several publishing organizations and a trusted teacher in the world of independent publishers. When not in the office, her focus is on the working poor and poverty elimination, and she spends a great deal of time personally and professionally working with and training women from disadvantaged backgrounds. A member of several charitable and political organizations, she donates not only her time but a portion of her company’s profits to grant-based charities that work to alleviate the cycle of poverty. She is a singer in a Celtic blues band on the weekends and is saving for a faster motorcycle. Website: www.newshelves.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/NewShelvesBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyCollinsNewShelves Skype: NewShelvesBooks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycollins
Amy Collins has spent her career dedicated to teaching new and small publishers how to compete in the book industry.Besides handling sales and distribution training for book and game publishers, New Shelves Books employs talented and well-connected marketing experts who organize author tours, set up online networking campaigns and create executable and cost-effective sales and marketing plans.Her experts know what is going on today in the book market, they do not depend upon our opinions or past experience... this business changes rapidly and they work hard to make sure they are working with the latest facts.On This Episode:Amy shares her journey from musician to teacher to book buyer.Learn how the internet age has impacted book buying.Find out when you should consider writing a book and finding a publisher.Amy shares the “Frankenstein” methodKey Takeaways:“You have to pay attention to what the community wants.”“The best time to think about your publishing options is before you start writing the book.”“Do not pay a publisher to publish your book.”Not every thought you have should be a book.”"We live in the golden age of information – there is no reason you can’t do this right.”“The slowest and worst way to make money is to be an author.”“Time, money, talent. As long as you have at least two of those, you’re fine.”“Success is class and service.”Amy Collinsamysadvice.comYouTube.com/amycollinsConnect with other incredible people looking to break out of the corporate mindset by joining the More Than Corporate Facebook group: http://bit.ly/2MuWn53 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this session live from London Book Fair, learn how to publish on Kobo Writing Life platform with KWL’s European Manager, Camille Modifini; how to sell books to libraries and bookstores with book selling supreme Amy Collins, President of New Shelves Books; and how to make sure you have the right mindset, right from the start with one of the most successful indie authors in the world, Adam Croft. Panel chaired by ALLi Director Orna Ross.
In this episode, Annalisa and Andi talk to Amy Collins of New Shelves Books. Do you have dreams of finishing your book but have no idea what you would do afterward? Do you have a finished book and aren't sure how to sell it? Do you have questions about how to price your book or how to adapt to the changing publishing industry? Well we're going to answer those questions and more in this episode!
In this week's highlight episode Annalisa and Andi speak to Amy Collins of New Shelves Books about the changing publishing industry and what authors can do to make sure they can adapt.
Amy Collins, CEO of New Shelves Books joined Books in Heinessight to talk about her best-selling book, The Write Way and her co-authored book Write and Grow Rich. Amy Collins has helped hundreds of best-selling authors to get the maximum performance and exposure for their works. The advice of a long-time industry expert like Amy is invaluable but through her books and her advice on Books in Heinessight, authors can get a better feel for what happens after the writing and publishing process is finished. We will discuss the changes in the publishing world and the common mistakes authors make that lead them to engage New Shelves Books to get their sales moving. Amy will provide resources to websites and other places authors can go for assistance with all aspects of publishing. https://www.newshelves.com ITUNES WRITE AND GROW RICH https://goo.gl/Cugn56 THE WRITE WAY PRINT https://amzn.to/2PcA0PK THE WRITE WAY KINDLE https://amzn.to/2KFLOcx LISTEN TO THE HIT BOOKS IN HEINESSIGHT PODCAST AMAZING AUTHORS AND BOOKS AUTHOR MATTHEW HEINES WEBSITE https://www.heinessight.com BOOKS IN HEINESSIGHT PODCAST https://www.booksinheinessight.com SPONSOR US ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/Heinessight YOUTUBE https://goo.gl/YG81X7 iHEART Radio https://goo.gl/T5ECTM STITCHER https://goo.gl/J5z7vQ ITUNES https://goo.gl/3AbjVP SPOTIFY https://goo.gl/h1Auwd GOOGLE PLAY https://goo.gl/iidhAX EQUIPMENT I AM USING AND LINKS: LOGITECH BRIO https://amzn.to/2QvpMP9 AUDIO TECHNICA AT2020 CONDENSER STUDIO MICROPHONE BUNDLE WITH POP FILTER and XLR CABLE https://amzn.to/2R2t8q1 BEHRINGER U-PHORIA UMC202HD AMPLIFIER https://amzn.to/2OeSEKm GIFT IDEAS FOR THE LADIES AT WORK GIFTSFORWOMENATWORK.COM https://goo.gl/8w6Y6j BUY THE RAINIER PARADIGM HEINESSIGHT BOOKSTORE AUTOGRAPHED PRINT EDITION https://goo.gl/kySf8Q ITUNES THE RAINIER PARADIGM https://goo.gl/KoHAfi AMAZON KINDLE THE RAINIER PARADIGM https://goo.gl/ZGHqBG AMAZON PRINT THE RAINIER PARADIGM https://goo.gl/QxZTd5
Amazon is changing Createspace. KDP is becoming more central to their operations. What about ISBN's? Publishing and successful marketing is getting more and more competitive every year and it is also getting more specialized. In this Books in Heinessight Podcast, we look at the changing industry and listen to an insider explain how their company New Shelves Books works to promote both books and authors-just like Books in Heinessight! Links to New Shelves Books and their partners: https://www.newshelves.com https://buildbookbuzz.com https://thebookshepherd.com https://www.thebookdesigner.com https://www.myidentifiers.com/get-your-isbn-now AMY COLLINS ON ITUNES WRITE AND GROW RICH https://goo.gl/Cugn56 AMY COLLINS THE WRITE WAY PRINT https://amzn.to/2PcA0PK AMY COLLINS THE WRITE WAY KINDLE https://amzn.to/2KFLOcx LISTEN TO THE HIT BOOKS IN HEINESSIGHT PODCAST AMAZING AUTHORS AND BOOKS AUTHOR MATTHEW HEINES WEBSITE https://www.heinessight.com BOOKS IN HEINESSIGHT PODCAST https://www.booksinheinessight.com SPONSOR US ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/Heinessight YOUTUBE https://goo.gl/YG81X7 iHEART Radio https://goo.gl/T5ECTM STITCHER https://goo.gl/J5z7vQ ITUNES https://goo.gl/3AbjVP SPOTIFY https://goo.gl/h1Auwd GOOGLE PLAY https://goo.gl/iidhAX EQUIPMENT I AM USING AND LINKS: COWBOY STUDIO LIGHTS https://amzn.to/2PmXPV1 LOGITECH BRIO https://amzn.to/2QvpMP9 AUDIO TECHNICA AT2020 CONDENSER STUDIO MICROPHONE BUNDLE WITH POP FILTER and XLR CABLE https://amzn.to/2R2t8q1 BEHRINGER U-PHORIA UMC202HD AMPLIFIER https://amzn.to/2OeSEKm GIFT IDEAS FOR THE LADIES AT WORK GIFTSFORWOMENATWORK.COM https://goo.gl/8w6Y6j
Welcome to this edition of the Real Fast Results podcast! Many of the listeners of this podcast are either authors or aspire to be such. In fact, some already have a book out through some sort of print on demand service or on Kindle. For the most part, they are self-published, and a lot of self-published authors struggle with is how to go about selling more books. Amy Collins is today’s special guest, and she is the former director of sales at Adam’s Media in Austin, Tx. She’s also a specialty sales director for the parent company F+W Media. She has been profitably selling to libraries since 1996, and in 2006, she started her successful book sales and marketing company, called New Shelves Books. Over the years, she has sold to Barnes & Noble, Target, Costco, Borders, Books-A-Million, Walmart as well as becoming a trusted partner and recommended sales consultant for some of the largest book and library wholesalers in the industry. Obviously, Amy has been very successful when it comes to selling books, but what really makes Amy truly unique is the fact that she was also a book buyer for a large regional bookstore chain. So, she’s experienced on both sides of the book-selling transaction. During her very, very sterling career in publishing, Amy has been responsible for selling over 40,000,000 books for small and mid-sized publishers. This is a great feat indeed. Please welcome Amy to the show… Promise: How to Get Your Books into Bookstores--Even if they are Print on Demand I want listeners to know that the world of independent and chain bookstores are changing. What you are going to learn today is how to get your books into bookstores, even if they are print-on-demand and even if you are self-published. It used to be that you were kept from the bookstore world, from the independent gift store world. Libraries everywhere would have a “no self-published” rule. Download the Complete PDF Show Notes Free for this Episode I’m here to tell you, and I’m promising you, those days are over. I’m here to tell you that you can get into bookstores, paint stores, independent stores, pet stores, hardware stores, yoga shops, etc. You now have a way in. There are rules, and you need to know the rules. You need to know how to follow them. That’s another thing we are going to cover today, what some of those rules are and how to get in. Download the Complete PDF Show Notes Free for this Episode Learn How to get your self-published book into Independent Bookstores Your Book Should be Available from at Least One Wholesaler A list of wholesalers Marketing Plan Make Sure Your Book Is Ready for the Marketplace Approaching the Stores IngramSpark CreateSpace ISBN Numbers Download the Complete PDF Show Notes Free for this Episode Resources Free Webinar: Sell Your Book In Stores-Even If You're Self-Published How to Effectively Use a POD (Print On Demand) Publisher With Robin Cutler Creating Passive Royalties From eBook Sales To Libraries With Amy Collins Wholesalers: Ingram Wholesaler Baker & TaylorBookazineAmerican West IngramSpark CreateSpace MyIdentifiers.com Real Fast Results Community If you are diggin’ on this stuff and really love what we’re doing here at Real Fast Results, would you please do me a favor? Head on over to iTunes, and make sure that you subscribe to this show, download it, and rate & review it. That would be an awesome thing. Of course, we also want to know your results. Please share those results with us at http://www.realfastresults.com/results. As always, go make results happen!