At Life the Universe and Everything symposium, there was a panel on book distribution. Any inaccuracies or confusion is the fault of the note taker.

• The theme of your book is a good resource to sell your books.
• Determining who your audience is will help determine when to sell your book to.
• Bye ISBN with Bowker.
• Walgreen stores have 6 thousand stores also has lost orders.
• The distributors will take you book but not pay.
• IPG – independent books have a good report about them.
• Amazon sells 41% of books.
• 19% of books on the Kindle are on the Canadian.
• Use ‘create space; to make hard copies of your book.
• Have a lot of books? Keep them coming. Expect to have a lean startup.
• Do a book put it up on Amazon then market it. You could sell the hardcopy to a publisher but you keep rights to electronic copy.
• Find websites that cater to the type of audience your book is geared for

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