Barnes and Noble, like a politician, flip flops
By Jane • Aug 31st, 2007 • Category: Publishing News • •Barnes & Noble has decided to stock copies of “If I Did It” in stores as well as selling the book online. Initially, it had claimed that lack of customer demand was keeping it from the retail shelves. Since the announcement a few weeks ago of the publication of the book, Beaufort Books has received 116,000+ pre orders.
Via JMC and the Washington Post.
Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways.
She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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I wondered how long it would be before they succumbed to the pull of the almighty dollar.
Frankly, I think the family succumbed to the almighty dollar. B&N is a business and owes it to their shareholders to increase their share value.
Any thoughts from the Janes on the possibility of a Borders/B&N merger?