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"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 8418
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Saturday, December 26, 2009 - 10:21 am: | |
"There is one store that I have had no issues with, so this is not a blanket statement, but out of six black bookstores that I have dealt with, I have been burned by four in some form or fashion."
(Don't deal with the ones that burned you. Deal with the honest ones. Also, carry the ones that burnt you to small claims court.
I am not going to excuse anybody for burning you. What I did was to have the bookstore order my books from the publisher or distrubutor themselves.
Now, if you are self publishing, you should have them buy the books up front.
Black bookstores are in a helluva bind. They are generally not sufficiently capitalized. They do not move enough books to get favorable treatment from publishers or distributors.
White folks will burn you too--it ain't a race thang. It is captalism.
Another thing you might do is threaten to go public, spread their names around. It ain't libel if its the truth. If they owe you money tell 'em you'll make sure their name is dirt.
It is a rough game out here--stay with it. |