I am making progress with the distribution and selling of my self-published book “Riding Lessons, Things I Learned While Horsing Around”.
I will have a book signing event at Spokane Tack Trunk on April 30, 2023, from noon until 2 pm. Morgan Shank will also be signing her children’s horse book at the event. Drop by to shop for tack or fun horse-themed accessories, buy a book or two, and have the books signed by the authors. This should be fun! Please come visit, because if Morgan and I are left unattended in a tack store for too long, we might buy saddles. We do not need new saddles. And also there is a chocolate store next door. That could be trouble.
I now have my book in six retail locations, with the most recent being the Well-Read Moose, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. In addition to that location, my book is carried at Orca books in Olympia, and at three Spokane area bookstores (Wishing Tree, Second Look Books, and Aunties). And of course, the book is carried at Spokane Tack Trunk.
All of the retailers have been super-friendly, helpful, and supportive. I’m still surprised at how much time and effort it takes to market a self-published book. It’s fun, and it’s work. However, I get to buy books when I visit bookstores… this may explain why my profit to loss margin is not in the black yet…
I have received very positive reviews on Amazon, and in person. Even non-horsey readers love the humor in my book. My next book will be a collection of poetry and essays. I think. I’ll let you know as that progresses. Per normal, it seemed like it would be easy to pull together a lot of my old pieces into a new book, but it’s not. It’s work.
If you have already bought my book, I hope you enjoyed it! If you aren’t really one for buying books, ask at your local library and get them to buy it. Hmmm… I should visit my local libraries. More work. More fun. The good news is that my home-town library in Blaine, Washington, does have my book. That makes me smile!
I look forward to more fun, more work, more selling, and more writing. Also shopping, as I visit new places that might want to carry my book.
Michelle Eames 