Selling Books in France
Gregor's opening comments indicated that could be as many as 800,000 Brits living in France, and if we are to include the wider English-reading community there is no doubt that a country the size of France presents significant opportunities for selling our books: we're here, we're local and there is huge demand from English speaking associations and bookshops for speakers and authors that wouldn't normally go outside the UK.
It was agreed that the members would, by department and ideally by region, collect and share via this blog a list of English-language 'circuits' that authors could go on to promote their books to the English community in France, a very large percentage of which do not live in Paris.
QUESTION: WILL YOU VOLUNTEER TO COLLATE DETAILS OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKSHOPS, CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND GIVE THEM TO OUR CHAIRMAN, GREGOR DALLAS WHO CAN THEN PUBLISH THEM AS POSTS ON THIS WEB SITE? VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUESTED FROM EVERY CORNER OF FRANCE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS WITH LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF ANGLOPHONE READERS.
If you have any suggestions or ideas as to exactly what sort of information we should be gathering please post a comment here.
QUESTION: WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER TO COLLATE ALL THIS INFORMATION, POSSIBLY IN AN EXCEL FILE FORMAT AND KEEP IT UPDATED. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS, AND IF SO PLEASE MAKE A POST HERE?
We did not have time to discuss promoting our books (if published in French) here in France but if you have experience of this please make a comment here.
There were some ideas from Gregor he had at local Midathèques and other local French associations as forums for public speaking and even a possible revenue source.
Gregor notes: I am building up information on my own local Médiathèque, which I am sure is similar to those elsewhere in France. I will post what I think will be of interest to other members.
Question: Is there anyone out there who has information on a French public speaking agency?
It was agreed that the members would, by department and ideally by region, collect and share via this blog a list of English-language 'circuits' that authors could go on to promote their books to the English community in France, a very large percentage of which do not live in Paris.
QUESTION: WILL YOU VOLUNTEER TO COLLATE DETAILS OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKSHOPS, CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND GIVE THEM TO OUR CHAIRMAN, GREGOR DALLAS WHO CAN THEN PUBLISH THEM AS POSTS ON THIS WEB SITE? VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUESTED FROM EVERY CORNER OF FRANCE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS WITH LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF ANGLOPHONE READERS.
If you have any suggestions or ideas as to exactly what sort of information we should be gathering please post a comment here.
QUESTION: WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER TO COLLATE ALL THIS INFORMATION, POSSIBLY IN AN EXCEL FILE FORMAT AND KEEP IT UPDATED. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS, AND IF SO PLEASE MAKE A POST HERE?
We did not have time to discuss promoting our books (if published in French) here in France but if you have experience of this please make a comment here.
There were some ideas from Gregor he had at local Midathèques and other local French associations as forums for public speaking and even a possible revenue source.
Gregor notes: I am building up information on my own local Médiathèque, which I am sure is similar to those elsewhere in France. I will post what I think will be of interest to other members.
Question: Is there anyone out there who has information on a French public speaking agency?
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