I was genuinely amused to hear that a friend of a friend felt bad for me upon seeing my book at the Dollar Tree, and thought a quick lesson in publishing realities was in order. Folks, unless you write a big time bestseller, and stores cant keep it on the shelves, its normal for a hardcover book to be remaindered after a period of time. It happens to most authors at some point. Take a stroll down the bargain aisle of Barnes and Noble, and you might be surprised which names you see there. It simply means that the book didnt sell as many copies as were printed. Disappointing, sure, but Planting Dandelions was received with critical praise beyond anything I had dared hoped for. More importantly, its been loved by people who continue to send emails to me letting me know that my ragged bouquet of stories found its way to their hands and hearts, honoring me with beautiful and messy truths from their own lives. I wasnt being ironic when I posted my delight at learning that remaindered copies had found their way to Dollar Tree. Yes, its probably nestled next to a Bieber biography, but its also in the respectable company of other mid-listed literary titles. Its not sitting in cartons in a warehouse, or worse, being pulped. Best of all, you know who shops at Dollar Tree? Moms. Moms like me, and like the moms I wrote it for. And thats nothing to feel bad about. So if you find copies at your Dollar Tree, I hope youll take a stack of them to the check out, and give them away to friends this Christmas, or stock them as baby/bridal shower gifts. I will be so pleased to sign them, or send signed bookplates. As much as I would like to make myself and my publisher fabulously rich from my writing, having it still in circulation and finding new readers is a fine consolation. Big love, Kyran
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:41:08 +0000
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