Category: Newsletter
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October’s Independent Publishing newsletter
Welcome to the October issue of Books+Publishing’s monthly Independent Publishing newsletter. The Small Press Network is hosting its annual Independent Publishing Conference at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 24–26 November. Of particular interest to Independent Publishing readers is the workshop day on Saturday, 26 November. All events are also streamed online so you don’t need to be…
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September’s Independent Publishing newsletter
Welcome to the September issue of Books+Publishing’s monthly Independent Publishing newsletter. As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter, self-published authors are often curious about how they can get their titles on bookshop shelves. As well as re-publishing another article sharing the point of view of booksellers on this topic, I also want to draw your attention to a…
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From the archive: How do bookshops find out about self-published titles?
This article was first published by Independent Publishing in 2019. For the past few months, Books+Publishing has been asking Australian book buyers—the people responsible for selecting which books are stocked on a bookshop’s shelves—how they find out about new books from self-published authors, as part of its ‘book buyer spotlight’ series. So far, representatives from Big W,…
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Lessons for social media: part three
In this third and final article on social media marketing, RM Marketing Services director Rachael McDiarmid shares her advice on preparing and scheduling social media posts. Social media for independent authors can be quite daunting. Writing, producing and distributing your book has been your focus, but now it’s time to look at the social media…
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Latest publishing news
Bookseller’s guide to stocking self-published titles Renée Rowland from New Zealand’s Twizel Bookshop and Timaru Booksellers has shared with other booksellers her shop’s consignment policy when dealing with self-published authors. The document makes a list of what self-published authors who leave their books with Rowland’s shops can expect from the bookseller, as well as what is expected…
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Lessons for social media: part two
RM Marketing Services director Rachael McDiarmid shares her advice on developing your social media strategy. As we discussed in our recent article, social media is about starting a discussion. We shared three important lessons: Don’t leave it to the last minute to develop a digital and social media action plan If you don’t think you…
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From the archive: Stocking self-published books
Most Australian bookshops acknowledge that stocking self-published books is important—in theory. In practice, however, store policies are often opaque or ad-hoc, and whether or not a book is stocked is dependent on a number of factors that can vary wildly from author to author—including design, subject matter and price. Unfortunately, despite best intentions, a lot…
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August’s Independent Publishing newsletter
Welcome to the August issue of Books+Publishing’s monthly Independent Publishing newsletter. One of the most common questions I get from authors is how they can see their self-published books on bookshop shelves. There’s a handful of these emails from readers every month. Unfortunately, there’s no quick trick to getting your title stocked at bookshops. Space…
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Matt Galanos on the ‘Dane Thorburn’ series
Matt Galanos has a busy day job as chief financial officer of the Australian Turf Club, which owns and runs a number of racing and entertainment facilities across Sydney. He turned to writing—a personal passion of his—during the Covid-19 lockdowns, penning several fantasy fiction novels about a young knight called Dane Thorburn. The third and…
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Latest publishing news
TikTok, Netflix helps drive Aus bestseller charts Data from industry monitoring group Nielsen BookData shows Australian book sales were up 4.1% in the year to 18 June. The uptick in sales was driven by a 77% jump in romance titles sales, led in large part by Colleen Hoover’s bestselling It Ends with Us and Ugly…