Distribution—Is it for Me?
There are several different sales channels through which you can sell your book. The most questions arise when it comes to selling your books through a distributor. Whether or not to use a distributor to expand the scope of your sales is a decision that is best made early on in the development process. Click here for the entire article.
Congratulations to these FRP self-publishers on their new book titles:
- MHS Diabetes Direct dba AmMed
Direct—Simple &
Delicious
- KSDK TV—Dining In
- Junior League of
- Junior League of
Congratulations to these FRP self-publishers on the following recent cookbook reprints or repackages:
- The Dove’s Nest Restaurant—The Dove's Nest Restaurant
Click on the topic of interest for full details:
It's That Time of Year Again ...Cookbook Marketplace Renewals! All titles need to be renewed by 12-31-06.
FRP Cookbook University 2007 Dates and Location Have you marked your calendar yet?Book Cover Images and Marketing Assistance Available on MyFRP Are you signed up?
Interested in Book Swaps? FRP is collecting a list of FRP publishers who may be interested in book swaps.
Did You Miss an Issue of Table Talk? Check out our archives.
Book Production Terminology - Part 3
This is the third in a series of four articles
to help you make sense of book production “lingo.”
The world of book production speaks a language that is explicit, changing, descriptive, and sometimes a shortcut in communication. We are here to help.
For entire article, click here.
TOP SELLERS IN SEPTEMBER
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Talk About Good! - Junior League of
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Something to Talk About - Junior League of
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River Road Recipes, IV - Junior League of
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Notably Nashville - Junior League of
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Honest to Goodness - Junior League of
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CONGRATULATIONS!
In the Cookbooks—General
Category:
Winner: Entertaining with
Friends —
Finalist: A
Perfect Setting — The Junior League of
Finalist: Compliments
Of — The Woman's Exchange of
Finalist: Tastes, Tales &
Traditions —
Finalist: The Kosher Palette,
II: Coming Home —
In the Cookbooks—Regional
Category:
Finalist:
Finalist: A League of Our Own — Rockwall Women's League
The Junior League of Nashville’s
fund-raiser, “Dinner with Friends,” was mentioned in the October
18th issue of The
Tennessean (
The Junior League of Sarasota has
been busy promoting their brand new cookbook, Simply
Sarasota. Media kits for the book were distributed in early
September and were received positively by the press. (Quite a few members
of the press have commented that the kits were the best they had seen in
ten years!) To date, the book has been promoted in Style Magazine, The Pelican Press, The Observer Black Tie, and West Coast Woman. More press
coverage is in the works. The local Borders store has wrapped their arms
around the book. Their staff chose Simply
Sarasota for their regional (125 stores) contest. (Each store
chooses the title they think will generate the most sales during the
holiday season and then promotes the chosen book during the holiday
season.) The cookbook committee has enthusiastically agreed to be moving
billboards to generate buzz about the book by driving around town with
“For Sale:Simply
Sarasota Junior League of Sarasota Cookbook Now on
Entertaining with Friends, the cookbook from the Monroe Carrel Jr.
Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (
Millie Coleman, author of
The
South's Legendary Frances Virginia Tea Room Cookbook, is
keeping busy promoting the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of her
cookbook. In September, she has a book signing at The Kitchen Emporium in
Anderson, South Carolina, as well as a TV taping in Greenville, South
Carolina (Dove Station), which will air several times each month in
October and November, reaching stations in South Carolina and Georgia. She
will also be featured in the September issue of South Carolina Home & Garden
Magazine.
Are you an FRP Publisher with
good news to share about your cookbook? We want to hear about any media
coverage, successful events, or goals reached. Please send your news to
marketing@frpbooks.com, and we
will put it in the next issue of Table
Talk.
Committee
Buy-In
Junior League of the Emerald Coast Cookbook Chair, Claire Partain, shared her experience of training her committee on their cookbook, Beach Appétìt, quickly and efficiently. Click here to read her story.
The following titles are available during the month of November at a 20% discount when ordering on-line with us at www.cookbookmarketplace.com. (State sales tax and shipping will be added to your order upon checkout.)
Use the discount code
TT-NOV06-20% when checking out on the following titles . . .
By
Invitation Only (Regular retail $29.95 – 20% off
price = $23.96)
Cooking
from the Coast to the Cascades (Regular retail $24.95 – 20% off price =
$19.96)
The
Gasparilla Cookbook (Regular retail $13.95 – 20% off
price = $11.16)
Mardi
Gras to Mistletoe (Regular retail $26.95 – 20% off price
= $21.56)
Some
Like It South! (Regular
retail $18.95 – 20% off price = $15.16)
A
Taste of Oregon (Regular retail $21.95 –
20% off price = $17.56)
Do you need your own publicist to handle communicating with the media, getting them the material they need, asking for press clippings, and scheduling events?
Most professional PR firms charge upwards of $10,000 for just a few months and won't provide many services, like shipping review copies, scheduling in-store events, or promoting you and your book to festivals and conferences.
Let us prepare a proposal for your complete marketing and publicity services now. If we reach an agreement before December 31, 2006, you'll receive the discounted 2006 rate of $7,500 for 2007 services valued at $13,000. (NOTE: term of agreement is one year from book-to-client date, or for books that are already available, one year from signing of the agreement.)
Contact Stephanie Williams now for more information
on this great offer!
The holiday season is upon us! Cooking Up a Christmas Classic, the first in a series of compilation cookbooks, includes the best recipes from community cookbooks across the country and features the beautiful holiday artwork of Ralph J. McDonald. This magical cookbook makes a great Christmas gift as well as a must-have cookbook for cooking up a classic Christmas for your own family. Visit www.cookbookmarketplace.com to place your order today!
Buy two cookbooks and get one free: With Christmas just around the corner, FRP Publishing and the Cookbook Marketplace have a special offer for you, now through December 15. Click here to find out which cookbooks are included.
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