: Re: Will bookstores order a self-published book if customers request it? If a book is not returnable, has a wholesaler discount of 45% and costs Â£10.99, does a book store sell this book if a

I don't know if this differs in the UK, but in the US a bookseller might order the book as a courtesy to a customer, provided the customer pays in full (since it can't be returned). It would need to be available through a standard distributor; for example, I believe Lightning Source distributes books through Baker & Taylor. (Again, this is the US).

I wouldn't ask a bookseller to order a self-published book from CreateSpace. It could be seen as insensitive to some booksellers' feelings about Amazon.

For more information on ways self-published authors can get books into stores, please post a question! I have some understanding of this.

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