This week, Niki sits down and talks to Vickie Bley of The Southern Pen Bookshop.

The Southern Pen Bookshop is a retail and online bookshop for the independent, non-traditionally

published author. Vickie Bley, owner and an independent author, wanted to create a retail location

where other authors like herself could sell their books out competing with commercially and

traditionally published books. The shop has been in operation for three years and seen a steady growth

in the number of authors who request to place their books on the shop’s shelves and made available

online.

The bookshop has become known as more than a retail outlet but also a huge promoter of the authors

and their books. Authors are invited to participate in multiple promotional events ranging from live

interviews on Between the Pages Live, offering special programs for the shop’s podcast, and teaching

webinars.

The Southern Pen Bookshop hosts several annual events such as: A Writer’s Conference, Georgia

Independent Author of the Year Award, and a Christmas Tea. The retail location is located inside The

Monroe Mercantile in downtown Monroe, Georgia.

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