Dear Local Author

Congrats on your book! In order for us to consider carrying your book or even further, hosting a book signing, we ask that you review the following guidelines before filling out the Local Author Inquiry form at the bottom.  

Possibly Stocking Your Book at Givens

Minimum Requirements:

• Its content must be pertinent to our community or within the interest of our readers.

• It must be bound professionally: We look at price, writing & editing quality, cover design, binding, and the general quality of packaging. No spiral binding or blank spines.

• We do not stock or hold events for books published through Amazon, e.g. CreateSpace.

• Book also must have an ISBN (barcode in order to scan the book)

• Additional Considerations: We prefer books that are already carried by Ingram, our distributor. If it is not, we highly consider you looking into this option as it makes ordering your book for our store far easier.

If we decide to go forward:

Sourcing: We order our books through major publishers and Ingram. We highly recommend you contact Ingram Publishers in order for them to distribute your book. Again, this makes carrying your book much easier. We make rare exceptions to carry books on consignment since it's a labor intensive process.

If you feel your book fits these requirements:

After you review this page, download and fill out the Local Author Inquiry form. Please understand that decisions are also based upon your patronage here in the past. We give priority to our customer base. Thanks for understanding that we cannot handle phone calls or drop-in visits. Unsolicited samples dropped off or mailed will be recycled.

Include in your package to us: a non-returnable copy of your book and any other information you feel necessary to help us know you and your book, i.e. your background, your relation or the book's relation to the community, photos, notes on the book itself, etc. Write Attn: book buyer and mail or drop off package with completed Local Author Inquiry form to:

Givens Books / Little Dickens

Attn: book buyer

2236 Lakeside Drive

Lynchburg, VA 24501

Further questions can be directed to our book buyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Download the Local Author Inquiry form 

Click here to download the Local Author Inquiry form