a question about comic-selling timing
Jan. 24th, 2007 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aimeekittythose of you who have sold your own books, etc, etc...
ok,... so I'm definitely advertising my book in Diamond Previews, (which will be early enough that it will be "preorders" for the book. as soon as I get my purchase order from Diamond, I'll give the A-OK for the book to be printed at Quebecor. Meaning I don't have to worry about having a ton of extra books, at least not to fill the orders for Diamond.)
But I'm trying to estimate how many extra books ON TOP of the Diamond purchase order I should order. I need enough to sell at:
- my website
- Anime Expo
- Comic Con
- and perhaps another convention later.
Last time we ordered way too many, and I'm still stuck with them in my garage. I have higher hopes about this book though, but I still would rather underestimate than be stuck with a huge number of books. Additionally, since at least part of the interior is in color, and it's a softbound 140-200 page book, rather than a comic-book... the cost will be higher.
but I'm also going to advertise in another magazine. But I'm not sure which issue of the magazine to go into, the earlier one (which would allow for preorders, I would just add it onto the number from diamond... and publish that many plus some extra for AX and CC...).....
OR should I go in the later magazine, which will come out about a week or two before Anime Expo, helping to promote the actual release date of the book, and my booth at AX and CC.
The magazine thinks I should go for the later magazine. Mitch says I should go for the earlier one.
---- so the two questions are:
1) how many books should I order in addition to whatever I get from Diamond? (Has to be enough to sell online, at Anime Expo and COmic-Con at least.)
2) Should I go in the earlier or later issue of the magazine I'd like to advertise in?
and any other advice you'd love to throw my way :P
ok,... so I'm definitely advertising my book in Diamond Previews, (which will be early enough that it will be "preorders" for the book. as soon as I get my purchase order from Diamond, I'll give the A-OK for the book to be printed at Quebecor. Meaning I don't have to worry about having a ton of extra books, at least not to fill the orders for Diamond.)
But I'm trying to estimate how many extra books ON TOP of the Diamond purchase order I should order. I need enough to sell at:
- my website
- Anime Expo
- Comic Con
- and perhaps another convention later.
Last time we ordered way too many, and I'm still stuck with them in my garage. I have higher hopes about this book though, but I still would rather underestimate than be stuck with a huge number of books. Additionally, since at least part of the interior is in color, and it's a softbound 140-200 page book, rather than a comic-book... the cost will be higher.
but I'm also going to advertise in another magazine. But I'm not sure which issue of the magazine to go into, the earlier one (which would allow for preorders, I would just add it onto the number from diamond... and publish that many plus some extra for AX and CC...).....
OR should I go in the later magazine, which will come out about a week or two before Anime Expo, helping to promote the actual release date of the book, and my booth at AX and CC.
The magazine thinks I should go for the later magazine. Mitch says I should go for the earlier one.
---- so the two questions are:
1) how many books should I order in addition to whatever I get from Diamond? (Has to be enough to sell online, at Anime Expo and COmic-Con at least.)
2) Should I go in the earlier or later issue of the magazine I'd like to advertise in?
and any other advice you'd love to throw my way :P