Going Global has been a business mantra for decades, but times have changed. Among so many other disadvantages, COVID-19 is negatively impacting affordable access to books worldwide. Authors want books in readers’ hands, not in warehouses. They know not everyone wants to buy an e-book. So when print books are concerned, more authors are thinking regionally–and if they can, locally–for printing and distribution. And they are making deals with traditional publishers to print local editions, or they are buying from the publishers in bulk and making deals with regional book stores and online booksellers.
For example, if you live in Australia or New Zealand, where part of the action in the new YA novel, The Great Brassmonkey Bay Jewel Robbery, is set, please don’t buy from mainstream online retailers.
If you do, you could be paying twice what you need to!
Freight delays related to sharp reductions in flights, massive postage cost and exchange rate increases means ordering the book from international booksellers will cost readers outside the US $A38 and take 4-8 weeks to reach them.
Since the end of 2021, boutique YA bookseller, Beachside Bookshop (Shop 20, 11-13 Avalon Parade, Avalon Beach NSW 2107 Australia, +61 2 9918 9918) and popular coffee and bookshop, Bookoccino (66 Old Barrenjoey Rd, Avalon Beach +61 9973 1244) have become the first of several prospective local partners to begin selling The Great Brassmonkey Bay Jewel Robbery for A$19.95. That’s half what regional buyers would pay if they ordered from online retailers. And they won’t wait as long to get it!
So if you live in Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring countries and you are interested in the book, please contact the local suppliers:
https://beachsidebookshop.com/p/the-great-brassmonkey-bay-jewel-robbery
https://www.bookoccino.com.au/
If you are in a position to drop by these shops, so much the better! Not only will you save postage, you will meet bookshop owners who love and know all about books, recent and classic. .
So just as COVID-19 means living locally, it means buying locally. As other affordable regional outlets become available, we will post links to these on our author website, book website, blog, Twitter, and FB pages. If you want to know when stock will be available in your region, if outside the US, please contact us!
For US buyers, the book has been reviewed on Goodreads and Amazon and is available from Amazon, Barnes&Nobles, and many other US outlets for US$19.95. Postage within the US is US$5.99. Check some recent reviews here
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54578627-the-great-brassmonkey-bay-jewel-robbery
And thanks to everyone who has bought and read the book, wherever you are!
The Artful Gluffster 