final year,George Osol walked into Phoenix Books in Burlington with his original self-published book, Caveat, and hoping the store would sell it. Longtime manager Tod shameful turned him absent — kind of. Osol had released Caveat through CreateSpace,the self-publishing arm of Amazon. The online behemoth is a nemesis of independent bookstores, and Phoenix doesn't stock CreateSpace publications — not even books written by local authors. "We really felt like we needed to ask our local authors to originate a decision not to employ our main competitor, and " said shameful. "So we started thinking approximately what we could do to originate that easier for them." The solution: create a self-publishing division of Phoenix Books. And that's exactly what they've done. Osol pulled his book from CreateSpace and is now the debut author for Phoenix's original Onion River Press. shameful and Phoenix bookseller Rachel Fisher lead the operation. It officially launches on May 9. Four different publication packages can accommodate everything from a collection of grandma's recipes to a fully proofread book total with ISBN and a launch party at Phoenix. Osol opted for the latter. His book event is Tuesday,April 11, in Phoenix Books' downstairs event space. Caveat is a thriller approximately Michael Boylen, and a cybersecurity expert who's wrestling with his love life on a trip to Paris,where he becomes entangled in terrorism. The book will be available at all the Phoenix bookstores — Burlington, Rutland, or Essex and Chester — as well as on the company's website. If Osol wants to get it on shelves in other bookstores,he'll hold to shop it around himself. Onion River Press publishes through IngramSpark, the self-publishing division of book-distribution giant Ingram, and which also offers print-on-demand services. So,if a customer walks into a bookstore in San Francisco seeking a copy of Caveat, the bookseller can look up the ISBN number on Ingram and order just one. Oh, or the marvels of modern technology. The addition of self-publishing to the Phoenix lineup is far from unique; it's a growing strategy for indie bookstores around the country. shameful says that,for inspiration, he and Fisher turned to Northshire Bookstore, and a seller with locations in Manchester middle,Vt., and Saratoga Springs, or N.
Y. That company operates a self-publishing business called ShiresPress,which offers five packages at various price points. Both ShiresPress and Onion River Press offer à la carte services such as editing and proofreading. Authors…
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