Dear Author…

Congratulations on writing and self-publishing your book! We’re book lovers and we do understand the work that goes into creating a book. We’re also keen to support creative women.

BUT

We are shown literally thousands of books every single month, from publishers with well-organised distribution processes and marketing departments. We have to make a lot of difficult decisions about what to stock. Please appreciate it is not personal.

Before we can consider stocking a self-published book it needs to meet these criteria:

• The book must be listed with Nielsen Bookdata. This is a free service.
  Register online at http://www.nielsentitleeditor.com   Any queries contact infobooknz@nielseniq.com
• The book has to have been professionally edited.
• The book must be available from the author or a New Zealand distributor.
• The book must have a realistic Recommended Retail Price and be available for us to buy at 40% off the RRP
• Books are only accepted on SOR (sale or return) terms. Payment is made once the book has sold.

If you meet these criteria, please email us with information about your book: include the cover, the description, the price and the page count. If it sounds like something we’d like to stock we’ll be in touch. Please don’t send us a copy or copies unless we ask. 

Please also be aware that every month we return a lot of unsold books to the publishers - it’s really not unusual for a book to sit in the shop for several months and not sell a single copy.  If we do choose to stock your book, you need to keep your expectations realistic - we’ll do our best for you but we can’t promise your book will sell.