[screen shot of author TJ Butler during her "DIY How to Market Your Book to Bookstores" live chat with The Write Women Network* last month https://www.tjbutlerauthor.com/ ]    In early May author TJ Butler shared tips for effective ways for authors to get their books stocked in bookstores:  Be your own best cheerleader!  Your Pitch Package should include a pitch letter, book blurb, hi-resolution cover image, a professional head shot, press release, and an author one-sheet.  Also include reviews and your connection to the bookstore.  Consider consignment agreements and hand selling.  Be prepared to self-promote and advertise.  A hard truth: These days most authors, outside of the most successful bestselling legacy traditional ones, are responsible for 90% of the effort of generating attendance for their events. (Yikes!)  Suggested resources: Before and After the Book Deal... by Courtney Maum and editing & coaching services offered by Aileen Weintraub  https://www.witches

  [info & check-in table on the brick back patio of Marietta House Museum] [printed information about author Leslye Penelope, featured guest speaker for day 2 of TWWBF2023] [assorted vegan food on platters from DC Vegan]  [ more trays of food from DC Vegan]  ["The Write Women Book Fest 2023" t-shirt with a fountain pen design; on top of shirt is a "Thank you" postcard with a message from the co-organizers, Heather & Cardyn]  Last year was the last time for hosting The Write Women Book Fest at Marietta House Museum but it's just the beginning of the next phase of partnering to host more intimate writing events like this Sunday's one-day writer's retreat from 11am - 4pm  https://www.pgparks.com/event_list/a-day-retreat-for-women-writers-manifesting-an-authors-life-with-author-heather-brooks   Hope to see you there!  Happy reading & writing 

  Libraries!  recommendations and assistance from knowledgeable librarians and staff  eye-catching displays  everything's free (for accounts in good standing:-), including access to ebooks & audiobooks, streaming content...   [ collage images from top to bottom, then left to right: 1. an assortment of LGBTQUIA+ non-fiction titles arranges on a 3-tiered round wooden display shelf  2. "Celebrate Pride" sign atop the same 3-tiered display from a different angle showing an assortment of fiction and non-fiction titles  3. cover art for The Dreadful Duke by Grace Burrowes  4. cover art for Not Bad for a Girl by Anastasia Ryan  5. cover art for The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo]  Teasers  excerpts from the next installment in a series or from other authors at the end of books  [4 paperback books: Earls Trip by Jenny Holliday and You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian, both aranged with their spines up; For the Wolf & For the Throne - both by Hannah Whitten (and request