Which means . . . after I slay a thousand forms, hire TRON to break into B&N’s catalog system, kill the witch, and bring back the broom to Oz . . . after all that . . . The Moon Coin is headed for Barnes & Noble!
Here’s how it happened: back in the fall, Barnes and Noble sent me a letter saying they wanted to carry The Moon Coin in their brick and mortar bookstores. The problem is that B&N doesn’t acquire books from publishers and authors, they get them from distributors and wholesalers.
Well, this week I heard back from Baker & Taylor. I’VE GOT THE BROOM AND I’M HEADING BACK TO OZ! My book is going to be available to B&N, (among many other bookstores), and a 95% of all libraries!
I have no idea how long it’s going to take me to get back to Oz, though. A couple months maybe? There’s just never a roving band of blood-thirsty flying monkeys around when you need one. Have you ever noticed that? But when I do get back, and into the Barnes & Noble catalog, B&Ns everywhere will be able to stock the series!
I’ve already heard from one B&N children’s dept manager who says she already has a special display in mind. She also plans to put up posters! Yikes!
One B&N store down, 722 to go.
In other news, I’m back up on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116346566164783346454
"Tales, unlike stories, never lie." 
That’s WONDERFUL!
Thank you. I felt very honored and proud after Barnes & Noble asked for print editions of THE MOON COIN. And when I got the news from Baker & Taylor, doubly so. It’s a powerful combination. They’re both terrific outfits. My job now is to do everything I can to help them sell some books.
That’s so exciting!!! congratulations
Thanks, Larissa! It’s slow going, buy within a couple weeks I should be in B&T catalog system. Once there, just about any library or bookstore can order copies.
I’ve been busy and not keeping up on blogs. But, this is awesome news. Congrats! What you have accomplished, creatively writing/finishing a novel is astounding, getting it out yourself equally so. And with it being carried in B&N you have really hit a grand slam!
Thanks! I’m surprised myself that I’ve gotten this far. It’s not the way I wanted to do it (I’d rather have gone the agent/publisher route), but if I’m going to attract an agent, it’ll have to be with another project (as they passed on this one).
Congrats!!!! Sounds like it’d be such a surreal expirience to have your books in such a large retailer! Living the dream!
Thanks! The surreal part will happen when I call my printer to order a print run of 2,000 copies. I’ve already burned through half of the intial 1,000 run, just selling the thing out of my bookstore and through Amazon and book festivals.
Wow! I bet your thrilled!
Yes. Very much so. I didn’t think it would get this far this fast.
How long have you been writing?
3rd grade, so . . . for about forty years. But the Moon Realm started about eight years ago.
Oooh! Lol gotcha. Well you’ve defintly put in a lot of effort into perfecting your righting then. Fourty years is a long time.
Littl’ bit.