Print Books Now in Stores – Update!

I wanted to give everyone an update on my groundbreaking partnership with Ingram Publisher Services to sell and distribute my print books under my publishing print imprint HYDE STREET PRESS into physical bookstores across the country. The first book in my NYT Bestselling Callaway Series ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS hits shelves this week. And I’ll be releasing at least one book a month, sometimes two, for the next twelve months. SO THIS IS LOVE will come out on May 5th.

I’m happy to report that thanks to the stellar Ingram sales team, I’m getting great distribution of both trade paperback and hardcovers into retailers and libraries across the country. Target has made ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS one of their featured titles this month. B&N is also promoting the book on their front table and I’m getting support from Amazon, Hudson Booksellers, airport bookstores and supermarket chains around the country.

I will admit that it’s been tough to get much distribution into the Indie bookstores and some of the small book chains.  There still seems to be a stigma towards romance/women’s fiction, and I hope with time that that will change. Romance is a huge market, and I know there are lots of readers who would love to get my books at their local stores but unfortunately they don’t carry them–yet!  Shelf space is hard to come by, but I do think that mainstream romantic fiction is a big seller both in digital and print.

But I’m really pleased with the print run for the first book, which is the same as the print run some of my trade paperback published friends who write for NY publishing houses are getting. And the hardcovers are also selling surprisingly well, especially in the library market.

I have been wanting to get my best-selling digital titles back into print for the last three years but was unable to land a print-only deal with a NY house and I was unwilling to give up my digital rights, since I’ve sold 5 million ebooks in the last three years. It took me a while to find a partner who was willing to think outside of the box. And I’m thrilled to be working with Ingram!