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Indie Bookstores BlackBalling Authors With Amazon Links

By Jane • Nov 9th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

My eyebrows raised a bit when I read this article on Shelf Awareness this morning. On Tuesdays, Shelf Awareness shared the policy of Rainy Day Book’s, an independent bookstore in Kansas, to refuse to stage signings and readings for authors whose websites and emails have a book purchase link [...]



Independents to Sell Ebooks

By Jane • May 29th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

BookSense.com has launched a program that allows its stores to sell e-books to customers’ computers or handheld devices. Ingram Digital Ventures will fulfill e-book orders in three formats: Palm OS, Adobe and Microsoft Reader.
Last winter, the ABA signed an agreement with Ingram to allow affiliate bookstores to sell ebooks. This [...]



A Step Up for Ebooks and Step Back for Amazon

By Jane • Dec 8th, 2006 • Category: Publishing News

American Booksellers Association and Ingram Digital Ventures have agreed to allow BookSense.com booksellers to sell ebooks in Palm, Adobe, and Microsoft formats. (What, no Sony BBeB?). Via ShelfAwareness
Does this mean Amazon is cut out of this loop as well? This summer, Amazon refused to carry any ebooks distributed by Lighting Source, the [...]