Even though I have
my concerns about bookstores closing their doors I too am excited to be writing in this wide - open time of choice and revival of reading.
Not exact matches
Eric Durr, a spokesman for the DMNA, said anything to do with the military museum's
bookstore is the
concern of Ingmire and had nothing to say
about Lorello's firing or hiring, which he said was not brought to the attention of his agency.
With all of the
concern on the part of self - published authors
about not being readily included in
bookstores and libraries, the data shows that's simply not where readers are finding content.
Yet some authors are still so
concerned about wanting their books in brick - and - mortar
bookstores, demonstrating the fact that they may know very little
about the current retail climate.
When stores like the Borders chain collapsed or when B&N's sales figures plummet,
concerns are raised
about what ebooks and online retailing is doing to
bookstores, but that discussion largely focuses on the major players, and less on the mom - and - pop physical
bookstores.
Because authors get so
concerned about seeing their print book in stores — it's the «dream» and offers validation of their status — they're unfortunately blind to the truth of the industry: Physical
bookstore sales aren't where most trade books sell; they constitute maybe 30 - 40 % of sales.
If the publishing houses are / were so
concerned about the plight of independent
bookstores, why didn't they take this fight to Borders and Barnes & Noble when those behemoths began discounting in such a way it was destroying the independents?
I am
concerned about the dwindling number of
bookstores and am hoping that there is a leveling off in this market so they do not disappear.
I'm not
concerned about the Nook reader, but as a
bookstore (online and otherwise) B&N appears to be failing.
To stave off
concerns about the other side of B&N's business, Lynch quoted strong annual growth of 4.5 - percent for sales of physical media like books and newspapers, and said that «there will always be
bookstores in this country.»
There's so much
concern, it seems to me,
about the state of publishing —
bookstores closing or stocking fewer and fewer books, publishing houses not accepting new submissions, or not supporting the authors they've already signed, or offering far lower advances than they once were.
There's so much
concern, it seems to me,
about the state of publishing —
bookstores closing or stocking fewer and fewer books, publishing houses not accepting new submissions, or not supporting the authors they've already signed, or offering far lower advances than they once -LSB-...]