ask a bookseller

Ask a Bookseller: What makes you order a midlist title?

Plus: in-store author behavior that literally made my jaw drop

Jul 6 • Fisher

Ask a Bookseller: What's running a pop-up/mobile bookstore like?

Plus: Why this bookseller goes so hard on backlist books

Jun 4 • Jo Piazza

Ask a Bookseller: How is running a bookstore different in the UK?

Plus: How do you decide which foreign titles to stock?

May 11

Ask a Bookseller: What could publishers do differently to help you sell books?

Plus: A legit genius way to stop a bookstore from returning your books

Apr 2

Ask a Bookseller: As an author, what shocked you about the bookselling business?

Plus: Why do people assume indie bookstores are dying?

Mar 5

Ask a Bookseller: What really goes on at bookseller conferences?

Plus: How much stock do you put in the Indie Next list?

Feb 2

Ask a bookseller: What do you wish authors understood about book events?

And how do you gauge if an in-store event was a “success”?

Jan 5

Ask a bookseller: What happens when the publisher's sales rep pitches you my book?

Plus: A surprising thing to do with all those ARCs!

Dec 1, 2025

Ask a bookseller: How can authors be great allies to indie bookstores?

Plus: What makes you return vs. discount a book?

Nov 3, 2025 • Andrea Bartz

Ask a bookseller: What makes you decide to stock a book?

Plus: What can individual authors do to make a bookstore owner's life easier?

Oct 1, 2025 • Andrea Bartz

Ask a bookseller: How do you decide which books to put on front tables?

Plus a quick history lesson on all those "shelf-talkers"

Sep 2, 2025

Ask a bookseller: What's the best way for an author to tell you about their book?

Plus: Once and for all, can stores return autographed copies to the publisher?

Aug 12, 2025 • Andrea Bartz

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