Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Time: 8pm ET
Topic: Book Sales
After looking at our survey results, we’ll be keeping the DiverseCanLit chats on Wednesdays at 8pm. Didn’t take the survey? Take it now so you can give your input.
Use the #DiverseCanLit tag to follow along on Twitter (or TweetChat). Book selling is the core of the book business (never forget this is a business!) so this will be a packed chat! Below are a few of the questions we may cover:
- How do sales reps currently pitch their diverse books?
- Who do they pitch the diverse books to?
- What obstacles do sales reps face when pitching diverse books to retailers?
- How do book retailers currently market their diverse books?
- Who do book retailers market their books to?
- What obstacles do book retailers face when selling diverse books?
Getting Ready!
- Catch up with the past chats.
- Check out this infographic on “the average Canadian Book Buyer”
- Download Grace Lin’s handy cheat sheet for selling diversity
- Follow the #DiverseCanLit list on Twitter. Feel free to tweet me (@leonicka) if you want to be added!
- Subscribe to Leonicka.com in the sidebar to get the schedules, recap posts, and digests of relevant resources.
DiverseCanLit Schedule : July
So many great points come up during our chats that I’m wary of posting the topics too far in advance in case our plans change. Nevertheless here’s the tentative schedule for the chats in July. Remember to check back on the Fridays for the final topic and discussion questions!
July 2: Book buying
July 9: Libraries
July 16: Self-publishing
July 23 Review culture
July 30: Literary Awards
Join the conversation!