S2E3 Interview with Vickie Bley - Establishing and Maintaining a Relationship with a Brick and Mortar Bookstore
Description
This week, Niki sits down and talks to Vickie Bley of The Southern Pen Bookshop.
The Southern Pen Bookshop is a retail and online bookshop for the independent, non-traditionally
published author. Vickie Bley, owner and an independent author, wanted to create a retail location
where other authors like herself could sell their books out competing with commercially and
traditionally published books. The shop has been in operation for three years and seen a steady growth
in the number of authors who request to place their books on the shop’s shelves and made available
online.
The bookshop has become known as more than a retail outlet but also a huge promoter of the authors
and their books. Authors are invited to participate in multiple promotional events ranging from live
interviews on Between the Pages Live, offering special programs for the shop’s podcast, and teaching
webinars.
The Southern Pen Bookshop hosts several annual events such as: A Writer’s Conference, Georgia
Independent Author of the Year Award, and a Christmas Tea. The retail location is located inside The
Monroe Mercantile in downtown Monroe, Georgia.
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