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<blockquote data-quote="Bottled Imp Games" data-source="post: 1566741" data-attributes="member: 9489">Getting Books in StoresThe amount of times I've received emails from gamers saying 'I can't get your book in my local store - the owner says he can't get it', is quite frightening.So I thought I'd call some of these stores, and they have universally said that they cannot get my books for one of the following reasons:1. They only stock books from the larger publishing companies.2. The book isn't available in their area.3. They've never heard of it (or the company) and aren't going to order books from companies they don't know.And my favorite:4. Books from the UK are typically crap and they never stock them! (I'm sure they were talking about smaller UK publishers there, and not the rather enormous UK publisher whose shelves were stocked with their books at the time!)It's almost as if there's a stigma attached to the smaller publishers. Getting books in stores has been a herculean task. But I get the feeling that it must be a huge waste of time for stores to bother stocking the low-selling products of the smaller companies when they can fill their shelves with the big sellers!RegardsStuart Renton</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bottled Imp Games, post: 1566741, member: 9489"] [b]Getting Books in Stores[/b] The amount of times I've received emails from gamers saying 'I can't get your book in my local store - the owner says he can't get it', is quite frightening. So I thought I'd call some of these stores, and they have universally said that they cannot get my books for one of the following reasons: 1. They only stock books from the larger publishing companies. 2. The book isn't available in their area. 3. They've never heard of it (or the company) and aren't going to order books from companies they don't know. And my favorite: 4. Books from the UK are typically crap and they never stock them! (I'm sure they were talking about smaller UK publishers there, and not the rather enormous UK publisher whose shelves were stocked with their books at the time!) It's almost as if there's a stigma attached to the smaller publishers. Getting books in stores has been a herculean task. But I get the feeling that it must be a huge waste of time for stores to bother stocking the low-selling products of the smaller companies when they can fill their shelves with the big sellers! Regards Stuart Renton [/QUOTE]

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