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Five years ago, author and poet Kwame Alexander gave a fantastic keynote at IBPA’s PubU conference in Salt Lake City. In it, he told a story about how he was frustrated by the lack of sales for one of his early books. His wife suggested that he try selling at the local farmer’s market. AtRead more

Bookstore sales have never been a priority for my company i30 Media Corp. or for new book launches including Lean Media and the titles in the In 30 Minutes series. This blog post explains my thinking, which ties closely into the “distributor” model for book publishing. I know that some indie publishers have fantastic experiencesRead more

Don’t assume anything about your ability to make custom goods on Amazon FBA and successfully sell them. I say this after reading this account from a prospective FBA seller who is documenting his or her journey, and making some mistakes that could be very costly down the road. But it provides a window into gettingRead more

As described on Amazon’s own brand services site, Amazon Transparency is a program to fight counterfeit products on Amazon.com and give Amazon customers confidence that they are buying authentic products. The following blog post and video cover the following topics: The Amazon counterfeit problem and First Sale doctrine What is Amazon Transparency What Amazon TransparencyRead more