Great find Virginia 👍😃
Check out this article from Digital Book World about a new venture at Barnes and Noble to allow self-published writers to offer print versions in B&N venues, hopefully a step that will help keep them afloat. Chime in with your views on whether this new option is worth a look.

Fantastic! The time to give Amazon a run for their money is long overdue 🙂
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A Great idea.
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I think this is great news for us self-published authors who have had very little interaction with Barnes & Noble in the past.
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Yes, there may be shortcomings, but I see this as a REALLY big deal. Not just on the self-publishing print side but on the in-store event possibility. Here’s what the article said: Moreover, authors who have sold 500 copies of a single ebook in the past year are eligible to participate in in-store events at B&N, including book-signings and discussions.
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But must they have been sold only on B&N, or can sales from Amazon, Smashwords, etc, count I wonder John…
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Thanks for the reblog, Chris. I gathered the perks are only available to books published through Nook. I’ll be curious to hear how their quality compares to other providers like Ingram and CreateSpace.
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Providing CreateSpace improve their Quality Control of Printers in certain countries (from what I’m hearing)…
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Very interesting. I read the piece and saw that there are barriers to entry though regarding minimum sales for placement, however the article doesn’t advise whether the minimum sales have to be paid sales or not. It also makes it sound like you have to publish your ebook via Nook Services, so I don’t know if a book published through Smashwords and distributed to Barnes and Noble would qualify.
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Great question to ask B&N Allie 👍😃
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Its a good option, but of the people who buy books writers must be a fractional percentage, so there will need to be an additional draw to keep book buyers returning.
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Indeed 🤔
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