{"id":583,"date":"2019-08-15T19:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/?p=583"},"modified":"2019-08-15T19:13:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:13:57","slug":"the-search-for-serendipity-books-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/the-search-for-serendipity-books-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The Search for Serendipity (books that is)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Serendipity-Baby-Logo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-584 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Serendipity-Baby-Logo-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Serendipity-Baby-Logo-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Serendipity-Baby-Logo-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For lebinty-billion years I have worked within the publishing system.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Initially I was able to champion \u201cInnovation not imitation\u201d and create unique stories that could be marketed traditionally.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>BUT over the years that marketing model has corrupted itself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is nearly impossible for an independent author\/publisher to work with the major distributors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As I was coldly told recently by the kindly folks at Ingram, \u201cWe don\u2019t talk with authors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SO\u2026.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In protest, all of my new books and formats will be sold either by direct contact with me to an independent bookstore or directly, here on this site wherein I pack and ship them myself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first offering is the Serendipity Collector\u2019s Series with the launch of two titles in a 7&#215;10 hardcover format (original story and art \u201cLeo\u201d &amp; Creole\u2019\u201d wrapped in a new cover). Trust me, you will love the format.<\/p>\n<p>Serendipity found!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For lebinty-billion years I have worked within the publishing system.\u00a0 Initially I was able to champion \u201cInnovation not imitation\u201d and create unique stories that could be marketed traditionally.\u00a0 BUT over the years that marketing model has corrupted itself.\u00a0 It is nearly impossible for an independent author\/publisher to work with the major distributors.\u00a0 As I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephencosgrove.com\/bookstore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}