Chain would be Barnes & Nobles, Borders, etc . . . everyone else is non-chain. I'm about to place an order for on hand stock of my Black Bed Sheet Books paperback edition of Never Ceese. That means if you'd like to humor me and have me for a signing, which I will of course promote myself since that isn't your job, then give me a shout.
You'll be out nothing. I bring the books, you make your commission and I make mine. You can of course buy some to keep on your shelves if you'd like, I really don't care. Sixty-forty works for me. Send me an e-mail. ;D
Sorry, but "Christian" chain bookstores are out too. Nobody can get into those store without paying the Christian Booksellers Association a grand fee. I'd say that you Independent Christian Bookstores could humor me but books have to be approved by CBA's Spring Arbor (see Spring Arbor really isn't Ingram at all. It's still run by CBA and always has been)for YOU to even order them and well, while mine once were, I've pulled them from Spring Arbor. I'm no hypocrite. ;D And if you see any "Christian" chain bookstores with Never Ceese on the shelf, PLEEEEEASE contact me straight away so I can do whatever it takes to have them removed.
C. S. Lewis was dead so he couldn't stop his work from going into stores that discriminate based on specific and targeted belief systems. I'm not!!!! I'll not sit idly by if my books start showing up in bookstores who shut their doors in my face.
So yeah, call me. :D
And for the record, any chain bookstore CAN order my books and put them on the shelf but they ONLY automatically order books from the larger publishers whether they suck or not because they're never out any money when these books don't sell. They NEVER order books from small pubbed or POD publishers because most have to make their books non-returnable to survive. Chain bookstores were only ever set up for the larger publishers. I don't belong there. I don't want to be there. So don't look for me there.
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