Indie bookstore owners have often said to me that they would welcome another independent bookstore (or two or three) opening around the corner or next door to them.
Kobo is running free classes for
indie bookstore owners on how to profit from selling electronic books.
Indie bookstore owners have more latitude in choosing which books they want to sell and tend to rely on their personal gut instinct when it comes to buying books for their shelves, so approach them on an individualistic level.
I read something the other day from Jane Friedman's blog that
an indie bookstore owner was asking self - publishers to boycott using Amazon, and work harder to keep places like his in business.
Not exact matches
Competition from online stores like Amazon, economic trends and distribution challenges from
indie authors has
bookstore owners focused on their own survival.
Today we're exploring how
indie authors can get their books into
indie bookstores with Suzanne Orchard, the
owner of Key West Island Books, a gem of an
indie bookstore in Key West, Florida.
Several months pre-pub, I went into a large
indie bookstore in the San Fran area and talked to the
owner.
If
indie bookstores and website
owners keep coming up with innovative ideas, there's a possibility they will end up playing a big part in the eBook Wars.
This idea involves
indie booksellers actually marketing their stores to Kindle
owners (or substitute another ebook brand here, provided that certain compatibilities exist) and inviting the Kindlers to bring their Kindle units into their neighborhood
bookstores.