Numbers
For those of you who have sold books at the AWP bookfair -- how many books do you typically sell? I know journals don't sell in the high numbers -- but I've been told books do a lot better. I'm trying to figure out how many Bedside Guides to bring. Obviously I want to bring enough so I don't sell out early, but I also don't want to have to ship or lug 50 books back home.
posted by RL @ 1:06 AM
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Of course I remember you, Patty! Nathan too. :) See you at AWP.
You might contact Austin bookstores and set up a deal to sell them leftover copies at a crazy rebate, in any case... so you don't have to lug home.
The record is generally lousy...and people usually wait until the last day or so when a lot of booksellers deep-discount their books to avoid lugging them home. So unless you have communication of buying interest ahead of time, in your shoes I would bring 20. But I'd also bring order forms so that if you end up selling way more than what you brought, you could get their money then with the promise you'll send to them later. Finally, if you're interested in giving comp copies away to potential reviewers, that should be something you should keep in mind. I could be wrong but this advice is, after all, worth only dos centavos.
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