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!
Bolts & Nuts
B&N Week 138: Format & Frequency
There’s a Tuesday going on right here, a celebration, to last throughout the year. So bring your glasses, and a chair or two We’re gonna share some Bolts & Nuts with you, come on now… [Sorry. Was having a Kool and the Gang moment.] (Glasses, Steven?) [Hey! I wear them, and some of you may, […]
B&N Week 137: 5 Pages & A Cover?
It’s another wonderful Tuesday! Wonderful, I say! Wonderful! Just one of those days where you look at it and everything is fine. I love Tuesdays. I’m here, you’re here what’s not to love? This week, I want to take a look at something a lot of us do. I want to look at it, examine […]
B&N Week 136: Hard Truths (Or, If…Then You’re Wrong)
It’s Tuesday! And do you know what I’ve seen a lot of, lately? Thunderstorms. Flood warnings. Flash flood warnings [which are different and more dangerous than flood warnings]. Rain. Frogs. No, not a rain of frogs [technically, that’s called a fall of frogs], but after the rain, the frogs come out in force here. The […]
B&N Week 135: The Creative Ego
We’re looking at another wonderful Tuesday! We actually had a day of rain here. Not just a storm that blew through, either. It started out as a thunderstorm, but then it settled into a nice, long, soaking rain. Water fell from the sky for about five hours. It was wonderful. Cooled it off nicely, too. […]
B&N Week 134: Snobbery
Welcome to another wonderful Tuesday! It’s monsoon season here in Tucson, and we’ve got thunderstorms predicted for the day. [Just heard some rumbling, to tell the truth.] Well, technically, they’re no longer considered monsoons in this area. Because of some years without a buttload of rain, we’ve been downgraded to seasonal heavy rains. People still […]
B&N Week 133: Calling Your Shots
It’s another wonderful Tuesday, folks! We’ve supposedly entered monsoon season here in Tucson, but aside from the occasional rain, it hasn’t been anything really worth writing home about. There were bigger, more violent thunderstorms where I was in NC. We haven’t even had enough rain to cause any flooding, let alone flash flooding. In all, […]
B&N Week 132: Being A Newbie
It’s another wonderful Tuesday here! We’ve got summer finally in full swing, we’re into July, and we’ve got the annual celebration of our nation’s birthday this week. It will be a national holiday, although I’m going to be at work. That’s not a complaint, mind you. Just a statement of fact. I’ve started a new […]
B&N Week 131: Support
It’s another Tuesday! Let’s just dive right in, okay? This week, I wanted to talk about something that doesn’t get talked about enough. I want to talk about your support network. This network is going to be extremely important to you as you toil in obscurity those first few years, and without them, you’re not […]
B&N Week 130: Approaching Via Email
We’re back with another Tuesday! It’s feeling like one of those lazy days, where you just want to take your time and do things. No need to move too fast. That’ll only wear you out faster. This week, I want to talk about how you approach people. It takes a lot of courage to approach […]
B&N Week 129: More Protips!
And the Tuesday’s just keep on trucking! We’ve got triple digits here in Tucson, and it’s going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. So, if I start complaining about the heat too much, just remind me that I asked for it. This week, we have more protips! Let’s dive right in, shall we? […]
B&N Week 128: What Are You Building?
It’s another hot Tuesday! That’s all I’ve got for an intro. It’s hot. I look out the window, and I see the heat. It’s taunting me, like a bully. And I’m the skinny kid, too afraid to go out in the yard and play. Because it’s hot. Air conditioning is a must in Tucson. I […]
B&N Week 127: Mistakes
We’ve got another lovely Tuesday here! The temps keep climbing, and while most of the country is experiencing spring, I’ve got summer scorching right outside my door. A few weeks ago, I was talking with an artist friend of mine [Hi, DJ!], and he made a remark about the two of us. He said that […]
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