Local authors process
At Spoke & Word Books
We invite local authors residing in Oregon and SW Washington to submit their work for us to consider carrying in store! We welcome authors of all genres and know that the stories we share are so important, especially when they're local.
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Here's what we are looking for, in most cases:
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Your book is either coming out soon or has come out within the last couple of years.
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Your book was not written utilizing AI.
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Your book was professionally edited, professionally printed, and has the title of the book on the spine.
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You have a robust marketing plan to promote in-store sales for your book and have demonstrated partnerships with independent bookstores
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We can easily purchase your book either through traditional publishers or Ingram. Please note that we do not purchase any inventory from Amazon.
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Here's how our process works:
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We take author book submissions via our Local Author Submission Form, we ask that you only submit once every six months
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If we think your work might be a good fit for us we will reach out to let you know we plan to carry it in-store. If you don't hear from us, it means that we aren't able to bring your work in as new inventory at this time. We invite you to submit again in six months.
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NOTE: We kindly ask that you not drop-in, we have a small staff and we are not able to field author visits in the moment. We will not accept any books that come to our store unsolicited.