Hi! I am trying to relaunch my children's book and creating my own imprint. The problem is this: I found a name I absolutely love. In the US, it is completely open so far as book publishers go. There is, however, an independent publisher in the UK that uses that name. I want to have wide distribution on KDP and Ingramspark. This would mean distribution to the UK. I understand that they are publishing novels while I would be using my imprint of the same name for children's books. I also understand that when people search for the name could get either my imprint or that of the UK publisher and that this could be good and bad. I also have a second possibility for my imprint name that, while I don't like it as much, I haven't been able to find any competition for it in the publishing world. Do you think I should go with the name that I like best, or will it cause more trouble than it's worth?

One thing I’ve noticed with self-publishing is that many authors put a lot of effort into writing and publishing the book, but the sales side gets treated as an afterthought. The book is live. The cover looks good. The description is there. The author is posting occasionally. But the sales still aren’t where they expected them to be. In my experience, the problem is often not the quality of the book itself. It can be the positioning, the audience, the book’s presentation, or simply having no clear strategy for getting the right readers to discover it. I’m curious: If you already have a published book, what is the biggest thing holding back your sales right now? 1. Getting traffic/readers 2. Converting views into sales 3. Reviews 4. Book positioning/cover/blurb 5. Marketing strategy 6. Honestly, I’m not sure I’d be interested to see which one comes up most in this group.

I actually scheduled a phone call with this scammer and then contacted Barnes & Noble directly.