Unlocking Secrets: How Laura Stanfill’s "Imagine a Door" Transforms Reality Through Unexpected Perspectives
“The traditional way into publishing—getting an agent who then sells your book to a press—is not the only path. There are so many others. Part of our journey needs to be identifying the options. Another part is being really clear with ourselves about our goals. What do we want and why? Are they realistic goals? What’s the backup plan? How about a backup backup?”
As someone who has published two books with small presses (one of which no longer exists), the section that really piqued my interest was on book distribution, something I hadn’t fully considered, or, as I learned thanks to Stanfill, understood. She describes distribution as the biggest factor in getting a published book out into the world and into the hands of readers and details the various modes of distribution (from in-house and full-service distribution to what she calls no frills distribution, and down the line to fulfilment, self-distribution and print on demand). Writers will want to pay special attention to this section, particularly if they hope to find their title in bookstores and libraries, and ultimately reader’s hands by means other than hand selling at events and entering into individual consignment agreements with book sellers. Stanfill explains:
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