Comments on: Tor’s Open Door Policy is Perfect for Readers

By: AnneD

AnneD — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:52:27 +0000

Huh! I had absolutely NO idea that My Bookstore & more was anything more than Samhain publishing.

I always thought it was odd that they ran two separate sites but had no clue that MBaM was totally separate and stocked other publishers books too. The things you learn!

By: Moriah Jovan

Moriah Jovan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:07:23 +0000

I'm curious to see whether any romance publisher is ready to do this, ready to become publisher agnostic in direct sales to consumers?

*confused* Isn't this what My Bookstore and More does? I see them adding e-publishers all the time and I LOVE it.

By: Mary Winter

Mary Winter — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:29:32 +0000

I am working on the technology end of it, but Jupiter Gardens, LLC (parent company of Jupiter Gardens Press and Pink Petal Books) is definately looking into opening Jupiter Gardens ebooks. While we still maintain publisher/imprint-specific portals, all our ebooks are available on our Jupiter Gardens site along with other books and items. It’s something I feel very strongly about and agressively want to pursue.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:07:58 +0000

This just seems so intuitively smart to me. I think of how Trader Joe’s, for example, stamps its own name on some bestselling brands (Costco, too), but sells lots of other brands alongside their own. And I basically figure that if TJ’s (or Costco) is selling something, no matter what the brand, it must be good.

So a Romance publisher that presented quality books from publishers other than itself, right along with its own quality books, would likely make me buy MORE from that publisher’s store, including more of the publisher’s books. Assuming, of course, they were establishing a quality brand with their own name and the names of other publishers whose books they were selling.

One of the things I hate most about shopping, both in brick and mortar and online, is having to go to multiple stores to get what I want. I will pay more for convenience (within reason) and am actively seeking ways to cut down on the real and virtual traveling I have to do in errand-running. So the quality Romance publisher (especially the quality Romance epublisher) who did something like this would be the publisher I’d try my hardest to purchase from (building loyalty to the publisher brand, even if I wasn’t buying exclusively or even a majority of my books from their press).

By: Bonnie L.

Bonnie L. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:21:41 +0000

That’s awesome. I would totally dig a Romance oriented online bookstore wherein I could see what is new, read reliable reviews of the offered books and buy said books all in one convenient package. It would be even better if it was inclusive, meaning that I could see NY published books side-by-side with ebooks.