1. Contact your local bookstore and see if they will sell your book on consignment. Granted the little bookstore today is harder to find but I wonder if the used book stores might sell it. Not sure how they would work it or if they might display your book on the counter for you. Worth looking into, if you happen to have some print copies hanging around the house.
2. Get with the local stores which are about the topic of your book. This would be great for the DIY kind of book like one about yarn or cookbooks. A local market might display your cookbook and a local craft store might be willing on consignment to sell your yarn book.
3. YA fiction might be able to get with after school programs or local schools. See if they might be interested in buying your book to have for the kids. Would they want you to do a talk about the issue in your book? Like if you talk about dealing with bullying this might work. They might want a copy for free and if you haven’t gotten a lot of ‘word of mouth’ going for your novel, this might be a great way to start.
4. Last idea. Look at your local news station. See if they have like a local area highlight piece they run either on T.V. or online. If they do, contact them about your new book. Do they want to feature a new author? They might if your book’s setting is local but some will just because you’re a local writer. This also is true of book clubs and local writing groups.
Thinking there might be a reason for some print copies
Terra Ann Spencer
Midnight Crimson 