Things I Wish I Knew: Q&A with Book Sales Rep Vanessa Di Gregorio


Some valuable insight into the book sales process.

Carly Watters, Literary Agent

The sales department is something that authors usually feel really removed from. It’s something that happens to their book and often they’re not really sure what that department does. I’m so thrilled to have Vanessa Di Gregorio on the blog today. She’s a publishing sales representative with Ambersand Inc. (a sales rep agency) and blogger for PubCrawlBlog which we all know and love. Her role is really unique and I hope you enjoy this interview in the “Things I Wish I Knew” series. You will learn many things, including…the thing about sales in book publishing is that books are returnable. Read on to figure out what that means…

What were your first impressions of being a book sales rep and how did that change as your career grew? 

When I originally decided to work in publishing, sales was the last place I thought I’d end up. As an introvert, the…

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