Market Your Book on Manhattan's Museum Mile

Written by Francine Silverman


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At Cooper-Hewitt’s gift shop, there are books ranging from etchings ofrepparttar 16th century to modern day design – be it textiles, table settings or castles. Moreover, unique book jackets are always welcome. According torepparttar 120806 salesman, “The subject ofrepparttar 120807 book doesn’t matter if it has an unusual design concept.” These include children’s pop-up books and padded book jackets. A non-three-dimensional book hasrepparttar 120808 text beginning onrepparttar 120809 front cover. Self-published and small press accepted. The book buyer is Chris Masaoay. (212-849-8355). http://ndm.si.edu.

The museum shop atrepparttar 120810 Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 (89th Street), 212-423-3500, has books on early European to contemporary artists and architects who are inrepparttar 120811 permanent collection or have been featured in an exhibition atrepparttar 120812 museum. All books that fit in this category, regardless of publisher, are considered by book buyer Ed Fuqua. Send to him at 575 Broadway, New York, New York 10012. (212-423-3852). www.guggenheim.org.

The mother of all museum shops is atrepparttar 120813 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 (main entrance on 82nd Street), 212-535-7710. This enormous bookstore carries books about artists and art history, travel, women’s studies, gardening, and costumes, plus a small New York City corner. According to book buyer Marilyn Jensen,repparttar 120814 majority of books come from major publishers. However, she will accept books from small publishers (no vanity press). Send to her at 6 E. 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 (212-396-5535). Most ofrepparttar 120815 books reflectrepparttar 120816 various departments inrepparttar 120817 museum, i.e., medieval art, ancient Egypt. www.metmuseum.org/store Not on Museum Mile but one block east between 74th and 75th Streets isrepparttar 120818 Whitney Museum. Allrepparttar 120819 books in its gift shop are related to art, including technology, new media, film, video, audio, performance art, theory and criticism. Books by small publishers are welcome, but self-published books are doubtful. Send to book buyer, Michael Lagios (212-570-3613), at Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021-2790. www.whitney.org.



Francine Silverman publishes a free online newsletter for authors of all genres. http://www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com


Are Your Readers Getting Your Message?

Written by Kellie Marzolf


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Tuesdays seem to berepparttar most promising days to send. As for time,repparttar 120805 best thing to do is ask your readers what they would prefer. Ultimately,repparttar 120806 time and day that you send your mailings out to your readers is up to you. A good rule of thumb would be to go with what not only works best for your schedule, but what works best for them. Send them a short survey regarding this question. When in doubt or when confronted with an issue such as this that you may be unsure of, Just Ask! You'll be surprised at how willing and helpful your readers can be in helping you answer your questions.

Kellie Marzolf publishes the GoForTheGold Directory Newsletter where you will find informative articles on internet marketing and promotions. Weekly safelists to join, useful resources and free bonuses in every issue. mailto:subscribe@goforthegolddirectory.com


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