More To Life Than Amazon

Published: Tue, 10/05/21

It’s the biggest book shop in the world. Actually, it’s the biggest everything shop in the world.

There’s a strange fanaticism between authors and Amazon.

Love and hate

Yin and Yang.

'Available on Amazon' is part of every consumer's vernacular.

But there’s more to life than Amazon .

Independant Book Shops

Roger Wilson-Crane was a member of my last Write That Book Masterclass. When he published his brilliant book Certified he not only visited his local book shops, but also the book shop in the town where he grew up (Limestone Books in the beautiful Settle which is mentioned several times in the book).

Of course, they were delighted to support a local author (even though he now lives 80 miles away). And when his book was published it was prominently placed on the shelves.

We all want to support independent book shops. A great way to do that is to post a pic (like this one Roger posted) and let friends and followers know the shop where they can buy your book.

Supply Direct

There are loads of ways for you to sell books directly to your readers.

It's never been easier to set up you own simple website with a sales page. You can even connect it to Royal Mail to print your postage labels!

You don’t need Amazon to sell your book online.

Sell, sell, sell!

I believe authors need to engage with a little sales hustle.

I don't mean for you need to go all Wolf of Wall Street, but having the confidence to set up a sales page, support and approach local shops and make your work easily available has to be a stage on every author's journey.

I love teaching new authors how to do this - and more.

When you join my Write That Book group I’ll show you how.

Be Brilliant!

Michael Heppell

PS My next Write That Book Pop Up Group and Challenge starts on October 18th.

If you've already joined, I look forward to seeing you there. If not, do it now. One click here and you're automatically enrolled.