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Jan 18, 2017 09:17AM
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This is Hollie here, I run BOTS with Rosy. We'd love your Son's books to be part of our project.
The process is simple: you post the books to us (anywhere between 5-20 works). Then we specify a day for the book drop (sometimes we tie in to events, if relevant). And we leave the books on the subway that day!
We do charge a small fee of $1 per book to cover the cost of stickers, as we fund this project ourselves.
Do let me know how many books you'd like to donate and when you'd like to arrange the book drop for. We're currently booked up until January, but let us know what date in Jan would work for you and we'll try arrange it for you.
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So, I think for a dollar a drop- it's not a bad idea!!
I'm taking Mark Dawson's Self Publishing Formula course and it lays a heavy stress on building a good mailing list. He says to write several books, give one away in exchange for a mailing address, and if they like your book, they'll buy more of them and stay on your list. Then you can notify them whenever you publish a new book, or let them know when you need more reviews, etc. Man makes $450,000 a year selling his books so he must be on to something.
Since I only have the one book out right now, my big goal is simply to capture those readers who liked my book so I can let them know when my sequel comes out. I'm writing free bonus content so the people who enjoyed my book and want more can sign up to get the free stories. That way they get something out of it, and I get their contact info so I can let them know when History (and eventually, the third in the series) comes out.
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On my last cruise I ran into a couple who was "hurrying" to the ship library as soon as we embarked because according to them, "the best books are the first to go". Well I had a look at the library and the selection was pretty...sad...it didn't look like any of the books were written within the last few decades. The check out system is the honor system: writing your name and the name of the book on the sign out sheet. I thought putting my books into the ship libraries could be pretty cool (and I plan to on my next cruise). So readers from all over the world might either discover them on the library bookshelves or the sign out sheet, or maybe catch a glimpse of someone reading by the pool...also leaving a nice stack of bookmarks on the library check out desk could be fun :D.
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Brit made a brochure for each of our brands. I sent them to local libraries along with the sheet on how to order from Createspace ( you can print it- I'm not sure where it is but it's on their site.) We have gotten quite a few reviews saying, I found this book in my library.
I really like the idea of my books being left on subways in New York! Carole, thank you for the link.
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