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B&N refusing to stock any books published by Amazon
The New York Times is reporting the above. What do you think, ladies? Will the prospect of no sales through B&N dissuade you from using CreateSpace to publish?
I've been watching this battle for a while, wondering how B&N was going to respond to the newer industry big'un. Fold or go head to head? Who is the Romney character in the passion play, and who the Gingrich?
B&N has over 700 stores across the nation. Their absence will surely put a ding in Amazon's bottom line - something to consider, as Amazon just posted something like 50% downturn in sales. (I'm remembering off the top of my head - I could be wrong about the number.)
You can bet your patootie that INDEPENDANT bookstores aren't going to step up to fill the retailer void left by B&N.
Thoughts?
PS.: NYT article here:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/barnes-noble-says-...
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Permalink Reply by Kiersi Burkhart on -
First, I disagree that independent bookstores won't step up to the plate to fill the retail void. Now, the demand for retail locations is dwindling, I'll give you that, but at least in Portland, independent bookstores are doing better than ever now that B&N and Borders are out of the way.
Second, the B&N refusal to stock books published through Amazon is really, really dumb on the part of the bookseller. They are zero fish compared to Amazon, and no one in their right mind would turn down sales through Amazon (who gives authors all the tools they need to sell on line and helps them promote with programs like KDP) in favor of sales through an inexperienced warthog like B&N.
But that's just my two cents on the matter :)
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