Cushing Publishing

09/07/2026

Bring Customers With You

If a store agrees to carry your book, your job is not over.
Now you need to help people find it there.
Tell your readers where the book is available.
Tag the business.
Share the location.
Post a photo of the display.
Remind your followers that buying locally supports more than one small business.
And when you send people into the store, encourage them to look around.
Your book may bring them through the door, but they may also buy a gift, candle, piece of art, cup of coffee, or something else the retailer carries.
That is real value.

A good consignment partner does not just place books. They help create traffic.

09/07/2026

A quick note about AI and creative tools:

Yes, we use modern technology—including AI-assisted tools—when appropriate in marketing and general office work. Just as businesses use Canva, Photoshop, editing software, scheduling programs, and countless other digital tools, AI is one more tool available to busy professionals.
What matters is the work behind it.

The Pitch to a Publisher opportunity at LitFest is very real. Authors will have the opportunity to sit down face-to-face with experienced publishers, discuss their books, ask questions, and learn more about the publishing process.

No technology replaces experience, judgment, creativity, relationships, or the human beings doing the work.

At Cushing Media and Cushing Publishing, we believe in using the tools available to us to help authors, promote books, create opportunities, and reach readers.
The tool isn’t the story.
The opportunity is.

09/06/2026

Books on Consignment

What Are You Really Asking For? (Enjoy this 7 part series)

Authors, when you ask a store to carry your book on consignment, you are asking for more than shelf space.
You are asking that business owner to give up valuable retail space for a product that may earn them only a few dollars per sale.

Every square inch of that store has to help pay the rent.
So before you ask, think beyond:
“Will you carry my book?”

Ask yourself:
What value am I bringing to this store?
Can you bring in customers? Promote the business? Create an event? Introduce your followers to the store?
The best author-retailer relationships are partnerships.
Don’t just ask for shelf space. Bring value to it.

09/06/2026

My Friend Orville coloring contest! Get your entries in for Week 3!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZVoEqo6KCikKTnPmyW-_Y_4R6oKHd28/view?usp=drivesdk

09/05/2026

09/04/2026

Would you like an opportunity to pitch your book directly to a traditional publisher? Send your query to [email protected] include your query, name, address, email, and brief marketing plan and if chosen you will get a 15 min one on one with a publisher! Only 4 spots for each of us available. We will review requests and contact you if you are chosen.