A couple of months ago my husband and I went to a Christian bookstore not to far from our house. We were actually headed somewhere else when we noticed it. We decided to stop there first and check it out. We found it to be a very nice store. It had lots of books, some videos, t-shirts and all the other usual things you would find in a Christian book store. As I was looking at the books I noticed there weren’t any on miscarriages. At least none that I could see.After we left this book store I told my husband we/I should get a copy of my miscarriages book and see if this book store would be willing to carry it.
So here we are months later and I FINALLY got some copies of my miscarriages book. I had decided to wait longer then I was going to because I was in the middle of getting my second book self published and I figured why not see if the store would take both books. I did finally get a couple of copies of both books. I asked my husband if we could go to the book store and see what happens.
This past Friday morning January 22nd we went back to that Christian book store. I have been a self published author for six years now and I have always had the confidence I needed to talk to people about my miscarriages book and what it’s about. However Friday morning I was completely NERVOUS. I have no idea why, but I was. I think I was scared the man was going to turn me away with out even talking to me.
Well, it ended up going very well. My husband and I went into the store and asked to speak to the man in charge. It turned out to be the man we first saw. I explained to him how I’ve been an indie author for six years now and how my book on miscarriages has helped many women in those six years. I also gave him a copy of my Brooklyn/Upstate book and explained what that was about.
The man started to tell me that he already had a section for local self published authors, but those books weren’t doing very well. I asked him to give my books a chance and if it didn’t work out my feelings wouldn’t be hurt. I was pretty much holding my breath the entire time. Finally my husband chimes in and I was very grateful that he did. Between my husband and myself the store owner agreed to take both my books and see how it goes. OH, yeah he did also ask me how I promote my books. So I told him. I also told him I would gladly promote his bookstore as well and let all my local family and friends know that my books are in his store and to go check it out.
So if you live in or near Latham, NY or even if you are an hour or less away from Latham, NY please go check out Living Word Parable Christian Store and check out all they have. I personally would love it if you bought a copy of my books there. They also have a FaceBook page you can like.
