Short Stories Can Be Made Into Books Later On Once you've created a sufficient number of short tales, you may compile them into a collection and sell it as a conventional book or ebook. Collections don't often sell as well as novels, but they are eligible for their own set of prize nominations. Often, the individual stories that make up a collection will also be published separately later on. Book collections can be in any subject area, but some popular ones include science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, children's books, and cookbooks. Creating a collection requires only that you decide on a title and write short stories fitting into it. No matter how diverse your imagination is, there probably exists at least one other person who has ideas for book collections including yours. If you want to see your work become real, you have to start compiling those ideas! The first thing to understand about book sales is that not every piece of literature available is sold. Bookstores don't have the space to stock everything that is written, and even if they did, readers would still find ways to avoid certain books. This is especially true with long-term investment purchases such as classics or important works of literature. Instead of selling every copy they carry, stores reserve the right to pass on books they don't think will be profitable enough to warrant attention from shoppers. Book collectors should know that not every book collected is necessarily worth money today.