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Amy Collins is an American entrepreneur, speaker and author in the field of book marketing and distribution.〔("Distributors Stay Upbeat" ) ''Publishers Weekly''. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕〔("5 tips for getting fiction or nonfiction books into Costco, Walmart, Target" ) ''Publicity Hound''. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕 Collins started her career in the book industry as the book buyer for Village Green Books in Rochester, New York. In 1996, she became a National Account Representative for Prima Publishing. In 2001, she was named Director of Sales at Adams Media in Boston and, then, rose to the Special Sales Director for parent company, F+W Media. Over her career, she has sold to Barnes & Noble, Target, Costco, Borders, Books-A-Million, Wal-Mart, and all the major chains as well as helped launch several private label publishing programs for the book chains and companies such as PetSmart and CVS.〔("Ready For the Marketplace: What Will Stores Think of Your Book?" ) Association of Publishers for Special Sales. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕 In February 2006, Collins started a book marketing company for small presses that quickly became one of the fastest-growing book distribution companies in North America, New Shelves Distribution.〔("Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #34" ) ''The Book Designer''. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕 She also serves as a professional speaker〔("Amy Collins – Book Distribution 101: How to Get Your Book into Bookstores and Beyond" ) Nonfiction Writers Conference. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕〔("How to Increase Your Book Sales Without Leaving Home – with Amy Collins" ) Independent Book Publishers Association. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕〔("What's New" ) ''Publishers+Writers''. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕〔("APSS 2013 Conference Agenda" ) Association of Publishers for Special Sales. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕〔("Author U Extravaganza 2015 – Speakers" ) AuthorU.org. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕 and is the author of ''It’s The Little Things'' (2003) and ''The Write Way'' (2015).〔("Book Distribution Expert Amy Collins Talks about “The Publisher’s Lifeblood: Marketing, Sales, & Distribution” at BAIPA March Meeting" ) Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕 Collins is a member of Mensa, Independent Book Publisher's Association and is on the board of Author U in Denver, Colorado along with being a member of Fight for Fifteen in New York, a group focused on raising the minimum wage.〔("Fight for 15: Last Chance for Fast Food Workers to Make Their Case in Albany" ) ''TWC News''. Retrieved 2015-7-15.〕 She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the State University of New York, Geneseo. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amy Collins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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