Sales figures will be listed with your annual royalty statement, which usually mails in October.

The two best methods are:

• Use our new "share this page" feature on our Web site to email a link to your book page on www.greenwood.com.
• Clip the URL for your book page on www.greenwood.com and send a group email with an imbedded link to that page. You are also encouraged to make it a part of your standard signature in your personal and professional email correspondence.

Yes. A few months prior to publication, your book will appear on www.greenwood.com and your title information will be sent by us automatically to most major online booksellers.

Online retailers gather their book information from many sources, so it's difficult to tell where typos and other misinformation on their sites come from. Often, a book's availability is listed as "out of stock indefinitely" or "on backorder." Their stock status information can be out of date, and sometimes it is just plain wrong. What messages like this usually mean is that they don't currently have inventory sitting in their warehouse ready to ship, while we do have books in our warehouse. Yes, it will take a few extra days to get the book from us, but no, it won't take a book buyer the four to six weeks that their language sometimes implies. Please feel free to contact the online retailer directly to correct this information using the "comments" or "feedback" links on their site.

The sales ranking number on some retail sites are often meaningless in real terms. Because of the sheer volume of titles they offer, encompassing hundreds of thousands of books in print, our books consistently rank in the six-figure range. This number is in no way an accurate reflection of how a book is selling, nor is it indicative of the fine job and diligent effort put in by the GPG marketing team. While the number should be disregarded, we encourage authors to add a comment to their book pages if they wish, and have friends and colleagues do the same.

Alas, the answer is most likely, no. Most of the books on their shelves are from large trade publishers, who are able to provide the deep discounts (up to 55%) that they require. However, any bookstore—even the major chains—should be able to order your book directly from us. We recommend that you contact your local booksellers directly to encourage them to stock your book. Most are proud to support local authors, and are more responsive when they know you'll be checking up on them from time to time. They can contact our Director of Sales for discount and ordering information at any time.

Though we consider and accommodate author's suggestions on descriptive copy and biographical information whenever possible, all copy is subject to final approval by our marketing department managers and copywriters, and is usually adjusted to conform to our house style in order to maintain consistency from book to book.

Authors should contact local bookstores and other interested organizations directly. Once contact is established and a tentative plan is in place, you should have someone from the bookstore or association call our sales department, and we will assist them with buying the books at a discount.

The best way is to check your Greenwood Web page periodically, since we add positive reviews to our database shortly after receipt, and these get added to the Web site within a week of entry. For a complete search of reviews, it is best to consult with your local librarian for a complete search of all citations in subject and library literature.

To order copies of your book, or check on the status of an existing order, you can contact customer service at 800 225 5800.