Selling Books in Person at Shows with Clare C. Marshall

Episode 113 / Are you looking for a new revenue stream? Selling in person at shows is an option to add to your list of possibilities. Young adult science fiction and fantasy author Clare C. Marshall joins us today to share her tips for selling in person at craft shows, festivals, and comic conventions.

Intro links: 

The Thing About Austen podcast

The Thing About Austen Instagram

Nightingale: An Anthology for Ukraine

Resources to Help Ukrianians 

Show notes:

• How Clare pivoted from planning a career in journalism to writing and self publishing
• Why her goals have changed and how the pandemic helped her fall in love with writing again
• How outlining has helped her writing process - Resource mentioned: Take Off Your Pants by Libby Hawker
• How she interacts with people at shows to give them easy choices 
• Why going to shows is a type of performance and how she mentally  prepares for that aspect of selling in person 
• How Clare recovered from a mistake that involved her books not arriving for one of her shows
• Specific tips on booth set-up, estimating how much stock you’ll need, taking payments, and interacting with customers

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