O.k., folks, its Small Business Saturday! If you were considering purchasing my book and wanted to buy from a local bookstore, today would be a great day to do it. Yesterday, San Franciscos Jewel City landed on the Chronicles holiday gift guide, so please consider it for that history-loving person in your life. sfgate/books/article/Gift-guide-Californiana-5920680.php Heres the skinny on how to buy for the biggest impact: 3 Best Ways to Purchase My Book: San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 We want to be a bit strategic to try to get the book on some of the bestseller lists. So if you’ll bear with me, I’ll explain the three best ways to buy, per my publisher’s suggestions. 1) TODAY: Buy from a local, brick-and-mortar independent bookstore on “Small Business Saturday,” which is November 29. (The day after “Black Friday.”) You can find your closest local indie bookstore by going to indiebound.org/indie-store-finder and typing in your Zip code. Then go to that store’s web page and search for “Laura Ackley” (or “San Francisco’s Jewel City”) and see if they have them in stock. You might need to call them and make sure they order the book, which would also be a tremendous favor to me, as it will show the stores there is interest in the title. 2) Buy online on “Cyber Monday,” December 1. This could be from any online source, including many of these same independent bookstores, or from Amazon. Note that while options 1 and 2 won’t get you an autographed copy, I’m happy to sign copies for my friends any time I see you during the year, possibly at an event if you plan to attend any! 3) To receive an autographed copy, buy from me! I am charging list price, but for that you get a signed copy, and I get a much bigger chunk of royalty than a bookstore sale. You can find an order form at: sf1915/JewelCityPreorderLauraAckleyFB.pdf Simply download the form, fill out, and either mail to the Post Office box indicated, or send via email to sales@sf1915. I accept checks or credit cards, which I process securely using Square. Make sure you indicate to whom you want the book(s) autographed clearly! Thank you again, and feel free to message me or e-mail me at sales@sf1915 if you have any questions. Please pass this along to any other Facebook history groups to which you may belong. Now is the time to buy those holiday gifts!
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:34:27 +0000