As you approach bookstores and retailers to stock your book on their shelves, access to your book’s content is a key to success. The Book Buyer’s Preview allows book buyers, librarians and researchers across the globe to read a selection from the first chapter of your book. When book buyers access their ordering database, the preview will appear with your book’s ordering information to aid buyers in making a purchasing decision.
How does the Book Buyer’s Preview help promote your book?
- A preview of your book is available in trade databases including in Ingram Book Group and Baker & Taylor, the two largest book distributors in the world.
- Once libraries choose to catalog your book, your book’s preview pages will be available to library patrons searching for material.
- The Book Buyer’s Preview will also post a preview of your book on the Barnes & Noble site BN.com as well as Buy.com.
- Your book’s preview will also be on EBSCO, the leading service provider of archived print materials and related services for libraries and research organizations.
What You Need to Know
Maximize your chance of success in Bookstores. The cost for this service is $99.00. To learn more or to order this service, please call 888.519.5121. We'll guide you through the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages of my book will appear?
The Book Buyer’s Preview will provide, on average, the first six to eight pages from your book to book buyers.
Will prospective customers be able to download my book for free?
Only an excerpt is available for browsing, and all of the preview content remains under the protection of your copyright. No one will be able to download your book for free or copy the content in the preview without your consent.