About a month ago I girded my loins and approached a few book-store managers about stocking my book. I asked at two stores, and even though the face-to-face response was very positive (they asked if I wanted to do a signing--uh, no!! I know some authors dream of their first book signing, but I'm more of the hermit-in-a-cave type writer). Thing is, my nerves just weren't up to asking at other stores.Fast forward to last night.
Authors are known to do stuff like auto-Google ourselves, check our Amazon rankings, etc. So last night I indulge in this peculiar authorial madness by searching for Felicity Stripped Bare through the Chapters.Indigo inventory Store Lookup; not really expecting to see anything. Figured the bookstore managers I'd spoken to were just being polite.
But one store (Indigo Spirit in the Royal Bank Plaza) ordered in 20 copies!!! Twenty! Do I have visions of 20 peeps making a mad dash to grab my book off the shelf? No. No I do not. I'm imagining 19 returns and a change of pen name for the next book.
Insanity. It's not required in an author, but it sure does help.
