Since opening our doors in June 2024, we have been overwhelmed by the amount of local and regional authors in our area seeking to have their titles on our shelves. While this response is wonderful, we simply don’t have the capacity to say yes to every query we receive (we receive approximately 40-50 queries per month!)

As of April 2026, we require all querying authors to submit an application if they wish for their titles to be on our shelves and/or host an author event in our store.

These events are a two way street and require a significant amount of work from both the author and the venue (Henry’s Books). Querying authors will need to detail in the application their plan for bringing in an audience and their marketing plan for any potential signing events.

Henry’s Books is proud to support local authors in the area of the Black Hills. To have your book considered for placement on our shelves, it is extremely important to us that your title is distributed by Ingram Book Group, the nation's largest wholesale distributor and our primary vendor for filling customer orders. When your book is available via Ingram, indie bookstores like ours can sell it on their websites and, if they choose to do so, from their physical stores. 

We occasionally work with small presses and publishers–if you are represented by a publisher we’d be happy to chat with them if that is your primary route of sales (see below).

If your book is already available via Ingram at a regular discount (REG) and fully returnable, please submit your information here to have your book considered for placement at Henry’s Books. If we feel that your book will be of interest to our customers, we will order it from Ingram. If it is not listed at a regular discount and/or not returnable, it is unlikely that we will be able to carry your book.

If your book has already been published by a press other than IngramSpark, you or your press can contact Ingram (via IngramSpark) to ensure your book is in the Ingram database correctly. IngramSpark can log into your account and adjust price and returnability at any time. 

If you are interested in proposing a book talk or signing at Henry’s Books, please fill out our application form.

We very, very OCCASIONALLY will purchase books directly from authors or publishers under special circumstances. Please submit your information here if you’d like us to consider your book for placement.  We will only reach out if we’re interested in reaching an arrangement with you.

Questions or special circumstances? Email us at hellohenrysbooks@gmail.com

Last revised: 4/3/26