Wanda's Book World

Okay, there might be other single things (can you have single things??) that could endear you to a bookseller.  But this is marketing, baby, hype; rockin’ and rollin’ and whatnot...Please let me know if you are playing with us.  This list needs some watering.  Thanks!

These are the Bookstores and Book Bloggers who  have contacted SIBA with their plans to participate in the 2010 Get in Bed Blog Project.  Email wanda@sibaweb.com if you’d like to be added to this list.

Bookstores:

Fountain Bookstore VA
Over the Moon Bookstore VA
Bookin’ It NC
Page After Page NC
Over the Moon VA
Accent on Books, NC
Lincoln’s Loft, KY

How to catch up:

FOR WEEK ONE:
1. Watch this video, Blogs in Plain English (this will help you understand just how blogs came to be and their value)
2. Read a book blog or two (http://bookbloggerappreciationweek.com/index.php/awards/2009) , if you don’t already (learn who these fine folks are and that they love books just as much as you do)

That’s it.  Stop.  Go shelve or something.  More next week.

FOR WEEK TWO:

1. Read Twitter 101 for Businesses.
2. Sign up for your Twitter Account.

That’s it.  Stop.  Go shelve something.
More next week unless you’d like to do this *****BONUS ACTIVITY*****

FOR WEEK THREE:

1. Visit GeoFollow, Location Based Twitter Directory http://geofollow.com/.  Enter your state to get an idea of how many bookbloggers are around you.  Now, I know these are Twitter folks and not all who Twitter are Book Bloggers, but all Book Bloggers do Twitter.  Click through the profiles that show up in your search and find folks to follow and/or blogs to visit.

2. Begin to build your email blogger list.

That’s it.  Stop.  Go shelve something.  More next week.

Use affiliate in a Sentence: “I look forward to the day where all of SIBA’s Indie Bookstores are selling books and ebooks online via their own websites and via affiliates of the communities they already support like book bloggers, authors, local schools, churches, libraries, other retailers, and more than I can imagine.”

FOR WEEK FOUR:

For Bloggers:
1. Check out some affiliate options by clicking on affiliate & affiliation throughout the above dictionary entry.  Consider applying to be an affiliate of an indie bookstore.
For Booksellers:
1. See if your online shopping cart option offers an affiliate program.

That’s it.  Stop.  More next week unless you’d like to do this *****BONUS ACTIVITY*****

Book Bloggers:

Bookalicious CA
GalleySmith VA
The Book Lady’s Blog VA
Short Version IL
The 1st Daughter CA
The Fireside Reader KY
The Lost Entwife
My Books.  My Life, FL
On a Clear Day I Can Read Forever, FL
The Book Whisperer, IN
Book Worming in the 21st Century, IL
As the Page Turns, NC
A Novel Source, GA
Books on the Knob, TN
The Next Best Book Blog, PA
The Literate Housewife, VA
Boston Bibliophile, MA
Jenn’s Bookshelves, VA
Tattooed Books, NC
The Tao of JT, TN
Write for a Reader, TX
Page 854, NC
The Book Swarm, SC
Dew on the Kudzu, GA

How to catch up:

FOR WEEK ONE:

1. Watch this video, Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop (this will help you understand just what bookstores are facing and their value)
2. Find an independent bookstore near you (http://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/bookstore.php OR http://bookweb.org/aba/members/browse.do) , if you haven’t already (learn who these fine folks are and that they love books just as much as you do)

That’s it.  Stop.  Go post something.  More next week.

FOR WEEK TWO:

1. Read about independents week.
2. Celebrate a local business in your blog this week.  If you want to get in bed with a bookseller, I’d make it about an indie bookstore, and I’d stop by the store to take some photos and let them know about the blog post.  Let your readers AND your local businesses know that you care.
3.  Share the blog post with me so I can link back to it.

That’s it.  Stop.  Go post something.
More next week unless you’d like to do this *****BONUS ACTIVITY*****

FOR WEEK THREE:

1. Create a one-page with information you are willing to share about your blog.  How many folks read it?  What kinds of books do you review?  Which is your most popular post?  Where do you get your books from?  Are you a customer/browser of their store/blog? What kinds of things can you assist with and what kinds of assistance do you need?  How long have you been blogging?  Why do you blog?

2. Visit your local independent(s). Introduce yourself.  See if the store offers an affiliate program.

That’s it.  Stop.  Go post something.  More next week.

Use affiliate in a Sentence: “I look forward to the day where all of SIBA’s Indie Bookstores are selling books and ebooks online via their own websites and via affiliates of the communities they already support like book bloggers, authors, local schools, churches, libraries, other retailers, and more than I can imagine.”

FOR WEEK FOUR:

For Bloggers:
1. Check out some affiliate options by clicking on affiliate & affiliation throughout the above dictionary entry.  Consider applying to be an affiliate of an indie bookstore.
For Booksellers:
1. See if your online shopping cart option offers an affiliate program.

That’s it.  Stop.  More next week unless you’d like to do this *****BONUS ACTIVITY*****