: 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 £10.99, does a book store sell this book if a

@Kristi637

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This depends greatly on the bookstore. Recently there has been a rebirth of small independent booksellers, which were once an almost extinct breed. A bookstore like that might be more inclined to accommodate a local author.

The discount sounds right, but the non-returnable clause might make some people balk. In any case, it's hard to see how this would work as a customer-initiated request, since the bookstore would have no way of knowing where to obtain your book --unless you were directly involved, and in that case, why have the middleman?

Some individual branches of large chains may also work with local authors, based on the manager. However, in general, big box bookstores order exclusively through the major distributors.

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