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How To Sell Books By The Box & Trunkload

How To Sell Books By The Box & Trunkload

How To Sell Books By The Box & Trunkload
Authors: If you are still selling books one at a time (but you’d rather sell books by the box), it may be time to implement a bulk book sales strategy to sell more books in larger quantities. 

What Does It Mean To Sell Books In Bulk? 

You can start by using our Raise a Dream BOGO (Buy One GIFT One) method where you encourage attendees at book signings to purchase two books. The purchaser takes one copy of the book home to read and the second copy is donated to a charity that you have preselected. It is great to have the charity present at the book signing to accept the donated books. 

We also recommend that you always discuss the arrangements with the bookstore first. Most stores are more than fine with the strategy as they see the potential to sell more books (without discounting the price) while also doing good for the community. 

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Collaborative Book Strategy for Nonprofits: Be an Author, Share Your Message, and Make a Bigger Impact

Collaborative Book Strategy for Nonprofits

Collaborative Book Strategy for Nonprofits: Be an Author, Share Your Message, and Make a Bigger Impact

Nonprofits, charities, and service clubs... have you considered having one of your staff, board, volunteers or clients contribute stories to a collaborative book?

One of the missions of many nonprofits, charities, and service clubs is telling their story, the stories that connect donors, funders, and sponsors to their cause.

Being part of a collaborative book is a great way to share a story about your organization. You can then use the book as an ongoing fundraiser, prizes for your events, and as recognition gifts for donors, sponsors, volunteers, board members… and the list goes on. You can even have sponsors buy bulk quantities of the book for you to then give away or use for fundraising or in your programs with clients.

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5 Ways Authors Can Make Their Book a Business

5 Ways Authors Can Make Their Book a Business

5 Ways Authors Can Make Their Book a Business

Authors, it is time to sell more books, sell books in bulk, and make your book a business. The energy, time, personal commitment and emotional investment (let alone financial investment) that goes into writing a book or participating in a collaborative book is steep.

When you commit to making your book a business, not only can you maximize your investment, but you can also increase book sales, get more media, secure more speaking and events, and set yourself up for sponsorship.

Below are 5 tips to make your book a business along with testimonials of authors who’ve been in the Your Book as a Business program, a collaborative offering between Raise a Dream and Women Speakers Association. These tips offer a little sneak preview into what we cover in the
training. 

You can join Charmaine along with other authors who want to make a bigger impact with their message and turn their book into a profitable revenue stream.

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How a Book Can Help Your Impact and Income Reach New Heights

How a Book Can Help Your Impact and Income Reach New Heights

How a Book Can Help Your Impact and Income Reach New Heights

Did you know that there are book marketing opportunities available that can not only help you spread your message, but also increase your impact and income?

Whether you are an entrepreneur, a nonprofit, a service club, or an individual, if you have a story that can help people or content that people need, launching a book may be a perfect opportunity to get that message into the right hands (or even ears). 

Let’s unpack this a bit and start with a few simple examples.

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