Helping Publishers Sell More Books in More Ways
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APSS Staff Did you already reach your New Year's Goal?If your 2018 New Year’s resolution was to “lose weight,” you already reached it if you lost even one pound. If your goal is to sell more bo… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Feb 6, 2018 |
APSS Staff Make it right“The standard reimbursement for moving breakages used to be $ .06 per pound. If we broke a 10-pound table we’d be liable for $ .60, but th… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Jan 24, 2018 |
APSS Staff Have multidimensional conversations with your customers“Communications with customers have evolved from companies talking at consumers to dialogues with consumers providing feedback. Now they’re… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Jan 2, 2018 |
APSS Staff Consider the word “discoverability.”How will people find your book? In a retail store, your book is one of many purchase options. And people make an immediate comparison of y… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Dec 12, 2017 |
APSS Staff Wave your magic wandWhat if you could wave a magic wand? What would you want to accomplish? These are excellent questions to use when negotiating a large book… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Dec 9, 2017 |
APSS Staff Make the “APSS Sales Performance Promise” to yourself.I will... Set a goal and do it, Make a commitment and honor it, Find a need and fill it, Find a chance and take it. Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Dec 2, 2017 |
APSS Staff A special-sales success storyAPSS Member Major Daughter (Anna Mhlambi) sold 2000 copies of her book, Prophetic Word Bank, to prisoners. According to her, “Your life is… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | May 16, 2017 |
APSS Staff More ISBNs equal more competition -- seek corporate salesAccording to Book Business Magazine, Bowker (the US ISBN agency) reports a 21-percent increase in self-published ISBNs—not titles—from 2014… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Sep 23, 2016 |
APSS Staff How to prepare for the unforeseen futureWhen Shakespeare was born, there wasn’t yet a professional theater in London. His education had prepared him for a job that didn’t even exi… Started by Brian Jud |
0 | Sep 5, 2016 |