The novel benefited from these major publishers» promotions and
from general bookstore distribution.
Not exact matches
Browsing in a local
bookstore recently, I took down several of the more
general books
from the «Ecology» shelf.
Honest to god, smashwords titles and indie titles in
general have driven me
from buying eBooks to almost exclusively shopping at brick and motor
bookstores.
Independent
bookstores are benefiting
from the
general localization movement in the United States.
In addition, compared with the
general public, owners of e-reading devices who use the internet are also more likely to get recommendations
from online
bookstores or other websites (56 % vs. 34 %).
There is a wide range of factors that are likely to push the velocity of change even faster for ebook sales specifically and Amazon's share of the overall bookselling market in
general, but the fact that brick and mortar
bookstores are closing at a faster rate than ever,
from local indies to chains, is bound to contribute to a snowballing effect.
In fact, a recent news report
from The Wall Street Journal quoted «Sandeep Mathrani, chief executive of
General Growth Properties, publicly stated that Amazon could possibly open 300 to 400
bookstores.»
Overall, owners of e-reading devices were more likely than all Americans 16 and older to get recommendations
from people they knew and
bookstore staff, and were also more likely to get recommendations
from online
bookstores or other websites than the
general population.