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Yahaya Baruwa talks about his plan to find a million readers - one door knock at a time! |
There are 1,000 ways to sell your book - taking a page from the past Yahaya invents the 1001st!
Meet Yahaya Baruwa (pronounced: YaHaYa BaRuWa). He is a recent York
University Graduate. Today he and I shared a microphone at CHRY-fm, the
My Data Bag show with William Doyle Marshall. I am not sure why we were
on air but Yahaya certainly did.
He was there to talk about the
difficult journey he took to get his new novel "Struggles of a Dreamer"
published. Just like the title, it was a struggle for the Nigerian
Canadian to just get the book printed. When he couldn't find a
traditional publisher, he decided to form a publishing company on his
own and print his own book.
He told the radio listening audience
that he has set a goal of getting a million people to read his book. He
reckons he has sold at least 5,000 copies. "I am not giving up. I still
believe I can do it!"
With just one
book in his stable, Baruwa needs to make sales fast to pay the bills. He
listed the book on Amazon, Indigo and the like and did manage to get it
into most of Toronto's bookstores - one store at a time.
He has
emailed the world, but, it isn't the new social media tools that is
driving sales of this book - it is the old fashion, Encyclopaedia
Britannica sales method that is moving copies.
" I knock on doors and tell
people to buy my book. I have a friend who helps me too, but, it is
hard slow work. We have had a few doors slammed."
How many books do
you think he has sold door-to-door? 3,000 and counting. At $20 a copy,
he has found that the personal approach works.
" I have been working
Scarborough. I estimate that I have visited over 10,000 homes and it
takes a few minutes each time to make the sale!"
"Struggles of a Dreamer, is a
novel that can be enjoyed by the young and the old readers
alike; most especially those in search of inspiration to pursue their
personal ambitions," said Yahaya Baruwa. "You will encounter the
struggles of a dreamer (Toku'te, the son of a farmer) as he faces the
challenges of the limiting boundaries of his tradition. You will laugh,
cry, experience romance, be frightened, held in suspense, and become
inspired as you find out how Toku'te manages to remain afloat in a world
that requires everyone to fit the same mold."
http://www.strugglesofadreamer.com/
He has emailed the world, but, it isn't the new social media tools that is driving sales of this book - it is the old fashion, Encyclopaedia Britannica sales method that is moving copies.
" I knock on doors and tell people to buy my book. I have a friend who helps me too, but, it is hard slow work. We have had a few doors slammed."
How many books do you think he has sold door-to-door? 3,000 and counting. At $20 a copy, he has found that the personal approach works.
" I have been working Scarborough. I estimate that I have visited over 10,000 homes and it takes a few minutes each time to make the sale!"
"Struggles of a Dreamer, is a novel that can be enjoyed by the young and the old readers alike; most especially those in search of inspiration to pursue their personal ambitions," said Yahaya Baruwa. "You will encounter the struggles of a dreamer (Toku'te, the son of a farmer) as he faces the challenges of the limiting boundaries of his tradition. You will laugh, cry, experience romance, be frightened, held in suspense, and become inspired as you find out how Toku'te manages to remain afloat in a world that requires everyone to fit the same mold."
http://www.strugglesofadreamer.com/
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