How to Sell Your Small-press Book to Retailers Part 3 – 21 Tips from Actual Comic Book Retailers
21 tips on selling your small press books to retailers… from the mouths of retailers themselves!
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B&N Week 150: A Very Brief History of Comics
It’s Tuesday! That’s really all I have the energy for this week by way of introduction. Sorry. This week, I wanted to take a brief-ish look at the history of comics. See where we’ve been, what we’ve done, and take a little peek into where we’re going. Let’s start, shall we? Related Posts:A Netflix for […]
B&N Week 149: Do You Cause More Work For The Creative Team?
It’s another Tuesday! The sun is shining now, but the days are appreciably shorter, and for most of us living in the US, we’re about to have Daylight Savings Time soon. So, yeah, the seasons are changing about us. I hope you’re ready. What I want to talk about this week will be mainly for […]
B&N Week 148: Guest Post on Perseverance
I’ve got a treat for you this week! There’s a guest speaker! I’m going to let him introduce himself, and do all the rest. Take it away, my friend! It’s Tuesday and boy is it weird to be typing this column, rather than reading it! Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG […]
B&N Week 147: Where Do You Find Inspiration?
We have another Tuesday before us! What am I doing with this day? I’m asking a simple question: Where do you get your inspiration? Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s A Race!TPG Week 267: Gumption, But No Story
B&N Week 146: Increasing Awareness Of Your Brand
Tuesday! Who’s ready for it? I know I am. I missed you guys. Last week, we talked about Managing Your Brand. This week, I want to continue in that theme, and talk about increasing your brand awareness. Related Posts:B&N Week 176: Are You Doing Your Part For Comics?B&N Week 145: Managing Your BrandReview: Broken #1Review: […]
B&N Week 145: Managing Your Brand
It’s a beautiful day in the Tuesday-hood, a beautiful day in the Tuesday Fine, so I don’t have the best singing voice. That doesn’t matter! What matters is that we have another Bolts & Nuts today! That’s important! So, let’s get to it! Today’s question is really quite simple: Related Posts:B&N Week 146: Increasing Awareness […]
B&N Week 144: Ask Questions, Learn, & Then Do
We have another Tuesday! Really, that’s all the introduction this week. I’ve got some stuff I want to talk about, and I feel it’s important. [Well, to be honest, I fell that all subjects are important. Some are more important than others, though.] This week, I want to talk about self-help and the newbie. Related […]
B&N Week 143: Top 10 Things Creators Can Do To Help Themselves
Steven is back with a must-read list of ten things that comic creators need to do to help themselves.
B&N Week 142: Contests of Champions
It’s Tuesday! You know what that means! This week, I want to talk about something I’ve been seeing a lot of recently: contests. Top Cow is currently running one, as is DC Comics, as is another company who’s still doing things with a beta tag on their site, Ucreatecomics. Now, all contests have their pros […]
B&N Week 141: Script To Thumbnails
I can see clearly now that Tuesday has come I can see all the Bolts & Nuts in my way Okay, fine. I’ll stop singing. However, it doesn’t stop the song that’s in my heart. This week, I want to talk about something that should be near and dear to all of your hearts. (Steven, […]
B&N Week 140: Titles & Story Names
Hello, everyone! There is a Tuesday upon us! I’m hungry, the sun is shining, and I’m hungry. [Is there an echo in here?] What I want to talk about this week are titles. I know that Tyler James wrote a very nice article about titles, but it’s been a while, and I think it needs […]
B&N Week 139: Effective Communication
It’s another Tuesday! We’ve got happy skies, I’ve made some moves (both figuratively and literally), and all the while, you’ve been on my mind. This week, I want to talk about not just the importance of communication, but the importance of clarity within that communication. That’s extremely important. Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own […]
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