Publishing NewsAmazon / indie booksellers / Nook15 Comments
Amazon’s Wild Pitch to Indies: ‘Wanna Sell Kindles?’ – Apparently Amazon has contacted some independent booksellers and offered to partner with them on a program to sell Kindle devices in the store and be Amazon affiliates. Independent booksellers have scoffed at this and view Amazon as the devil trying to ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / indie booksellers / intellectual property3 Comments
McNally Jackson to Open Store with Objects for Home Office – Is this the way forward for Barnes & Noble. McNally Jackson is a famous independent bookstore in New York City and it will soon be opening McNally Jackson Store: Goods for the Study. Sounds like Levenger on steroids. (I ... more >
Publishing Newscopyright infringement / indie booksellers / romance reading13 Comments
U.S. booksellers, meeting in KC, express optimism – At an annual get together of over 500 independent booksellers, spirits were high. Sales at ABA member stores were up 8% in the last year and some have suggested a “retro-fueled backlash against the digital tide.” KansasCity.com ‘Fifty Shades’ Porn Parody Countersuit ... more >
Publishing Newsbook-sales / free-book / indie booksellers34 Comments
Indie Bookstores Have Big Holiday Sales – I’m not sure whether a few stores is an industry marker, but PW reports that indie bookstores in several states have enjoyed robust holiday sales. Barnes & Noble holiday sales were not as promising but the full results won’t be revealed until today. ... more >
Publishing NewsHarperCollins / indie booksellers / News-Corp. / Penguin8 Comments
Millions of SSNs lifted from South Carolina database – An alert for all the South Carolina readers: “If you live in South Carolina, there’s a very good chance that slipshod state government security has allowed an overseas computer criminal to acquire your Social Security number. The South Carolina Department of ... more >
Ebooksgenre critique / indie booksellers55 Comments
Warning: The following contains generalizations. I realize that not all indie bookstores are the same and that some are very welcoming to romance readers. A week or so ago, an independent bookseller tweeted on a message that (and I am going to paraphrase a bit so it is a ... more >