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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The Choice Is Yours
You can either stay at the level you’re at, or you can do the work to raise your game, get noticed, and be hired for projects. Related Posts:The Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email TipWhat Do You Want?
The Back-Up
There are times when you need to perform simple maintenance on your files. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email TipWhat Do You Want?
Practice Makes Perfect?
Practice makes perfect is misleading. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpDead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email TipWhat Do You Want?
Dead No (Yawn) More
Lots of hash is being made of the Dead No More thing that Marvel Comics are doing. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?A Simple Email TipWhat Do You Want?
What Do You Want?
Here’s a question to ask yourself every day when you get up: What do you want? Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
A Sad Time For DC
Oh, look. DC is headed off in yet another new direction. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
You Will Be Judged
As a creator, you will be judged. This is why we put things out in the world: so they can be judged (and hopefully liked). Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
Success
We all measure what we think of as success differently, and that’s great. But whatever you think success is, you should move those goalposts when you feel you’ve achieved it. This will keep you always moving forward and striving for something better. Go forth. Be successful. Measure it. Then be more successful. You can only […]
Your Visibility
Your visibility is a very important thing. You can’t continue to get work without it. That being said, you should always ask the question: How is the project going to be published? This is the only question that really matters. Yes, you can ask questions about ownership and money and printing and terms and limits […]
What’s Your Plan?
What’s your after-comics plan? Reality-check: the overwhelming bulk of us will not be able to make a living off of creating comics, and as healthcare gets better, we’re living longer than ever. The likelihood of you as an individual being relevant to comics in 5 years is slim—if you’re ever there at all. So you […]
Buck Up
There are times when you just need to hear this. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
What’s Your Story?
What’s your story? Before you approach any tale you want to tell, be it visually or with words, this question should be asked. The answer should inform how you approach the telling of the tale. #simpletenets Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
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