Sentences with phrase «local booksellers in»

In addition, the company is working with some of the best local booksellers in Australia, including Booktopia and Dymocks, who are selling eBooks today, with QBD The Bookshop and The Co-op Bookshop coming soon.

Do we have any indication Kobo would expand this model to favour local booksellers in other countries?

Not exact matches

You should be able to buy it at your local bookstore of choice in the U.S. and Canada (and holler at us if you can't find it and would like to) and in many stores in the UK and Australia, plus online, from a variety of booksellers.

After that came browsing the stacks at my favorite local bookseller, lunch in their cafe with a friend and then home to watch several episodes of Portlandia.

Ask your local bookseller to order a copy of A Child's Grief Journey, available in paperback for $ 8.95, or contact the publisher directly at Marco Products, Inc., 1443 Old York Road, Warminster, PA 18974.

And, says Laura Ayrey, executive director of the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, «Independent stores have been challenging e-fairness state - by - state by forming coalitions with other local businesses to amend sales tax legislation, and have had success in a number of states.»

He attributes his recent shift in momentum to the efforts of the American Bookseller Association, and readers realizing that independent bookstores offer a different selection than their larger corporate counterparts — especially when it comes to local authors.

Launched in the US just before Christmas, after several delays, it's rumoured for a mid 2011 release in Australia with online bookseller Booktopia being the first publicly - announced local partner.

Check in with your local bookseller, sign up for their newsletter and take advantage of their author training.

That is obviously a fairly ridiculous example for the purposes of illustrating where industry watchers already fear this precedent could lead, but what is clear is that the tax structure surrounding the entire book industry has been called into question in Europe for some time, largely with the advent of corporations like Amazon having one set of rules, and local booksellers being subjected to another.

The only thing Kobo was able to do in the US was partner with the American Booksellers Association to have indie bookstores carry Kobo branded e-readers and earn an affiliate fee when their local customers purchased e-books.

As soon as I finished the last page I drove to my local indie bookseller and bought a copy in hardback, because I felt I owed the author a debt for the reading experience I'd just enjoyed.

Not only is she newsletter editor for the ALCS, she's also non-fiction editor for The Bookseller (the trade paper of the British book trade), chair of literary festival events, book award judge, and a respected author — and she still finds time to volunteer in the local community, choreographing a fabulous Book Week for one lucky primary school in the neighbourhood.

Completed reviews run on the BlueInk website, which has special features designed to help publishers and literary agents find promising new material and to help librarians and booksellers discover titles their patrons will be interested in, such as those written by local authors or set in their regions.

(Boston, Massachusetts)-- In a move designed to attract the attention of booksellers and librarians across the country, small publisher Peanut Butter and Jelly Press announced today the «I Love My Independent Bookstore Because...» and «I Love My Local Library Because...» monthly contests.

While it's tempting to contact booksellers via email, in - person visits can be more effective and help local booksellers put a face to your name.

You'll also want to make friends with the booksellers at your local independent bookstore and the librarians in your local library.

Our team specializes in creating and promoting events with built - in audiences at unique off - site venues or with bookstores if you would be paired with a local author or group panel, or simply going in for a meet - and - greet with booksellers where you sign stock copies of your book.

Amazon is not the only online bookseller in France — there are some very big local players, too, like FNAC, selling a range of goods in addition to books, just like Amazon does — but it is very popular there.

«Bookshops are important cultural and community hubs, and make a vital contribution to the health of our high streets and local economies in particular, so it is always disappointing to see them close,» said Tim Godfray, chief executive of the Booksellers Association, in an interview with The Bookseller.

«There's a potentially bigger market in English if you did some marketing to engage with the English - language books,» explained Reidy of the process wby which booksellers are realizing their readership doesn't only buy books in the local language; she went on to explain that there are bigger considerations involved in global sales, including how to price books in other markets.

On Saturday, Trisha and I went to our local indie, Davis - Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, to hang out with a bunch of like - minded readers: kids who are obsessed with The Hunger Games.

By forming a relationship with your local bookstore, presenting yourself as an author with a stake in the community, independent booksellers are more inclined to take a chance on your title.

Kobo: Not a new player, but one to take notice of now, Kobo recently signed a deal with the Independent Booksellers to make Kobo the preferred platform in your local indie.

If you live outside of the U.S.A., please check with your local bookseller or favorite online store for the release dates and editions available in your area.

Patchett told The Bookseller that authors should become more involved in the industry and take greater responsibility as part of a wider ecosystem, just as book - buyers should think twice about purchasing through the cheapest channel, like Amazon, if it means they might lose their local bookshop.

«The more people that we can get to set foot in the store, the more likely it is that those consumers are going to find something they love because, sometimes, all it takes is getting inside and seeing what the indie bookseller is up to in order to recognize the tremendous value a local bookstore brings to that community.»

First, it would be wonderful to envision uniformed men standing guard in front of the plate glass display windows of a local bookseller, protecting the wise old proprietor's livelihood of meaningful tomes.

The Bookseller is reporting that «Authors will receive royalties in local currency, whether sterling or euros, at rates «competitive» with Amazon and Kobo programs.

Socialize your top choices for a book title: get the opinions of others who you trust — readers in your genre, as well as your local booksellers and librarians, are good choices.

From sponsoring literacy programs to boosting local team sports, it's likely the non-profits that benefit from your indie booksellers dollars, are centered in your own community, so the money stays there.

In the US this year, the ABA thought e-book purchases was a significant enough factor that they partnered with Google to make e-books available through the websites of local booksellers.

«There is a great deal more in the selling and buying of books than simply making them available; it's a cultural and intellectual experience where relationships and understanding between booksellers and readers are developed over time and are highly valued within local communities,» said Mr Wright.

We are continuing to look for ways to bring indie authors and indie booksellers together — exploring the ways that ebooks can be hand - sold in local bookstores and the ways in which bookstores can have a part in recommending great ebook reads to their customers.

Collaborating with them for readings and signings (engage a local bookseller to sell books at the library) can be a great way to spread early news of your book in the community.

IndieBound is perhaps the least familiar to those just starting out, but it's a site where readers can plug in a title and a zipcode and order a book directly from a local independent bookseller.

In fact, we put together the most thorough list of independent booksellers in the Northeast, along with the local chaiIn fact, we put together the most thorough list of independent booksellers in the Northeast, along with the local chaiin the Northeast, along with the local chain.

Sure, I'll admit publishers, legacy or not, have a stake in seeing the local independent bookstores make it, but I don't buy that they are «among the strongest advocates of booksellers, particularly independents».

Technology is giving UK booksellers hope in their battle against Amazon, including a new web extension, Bookindy, that finds a local book price for you.

When John Churchman dropped off his self - published picture book, The SheepOver, at his local Vermont bookstore in early October, he had no idea that within a month, major booksellers and agents would come calling.

Ebooks are here to stay, but paper books aren't going away and, despite Amazon, neither is the astute neighbourhood bookseller — who realises that ebooks are not an enemy vanquished and that the landscape is not what it once was, but that the local bookshop has a place in it anyway.

Libranda is negotiating with publishers in Latin America and hopes to work with local online retailers and booksellers (some of which have a more mature market and established customer base than their counterparts in Spain).

Patrons can recommend buying a title not in the local collection, and librarians can manage when to trigger an acquisition; there are «buy links» to about 300 national and local independent booksellers which generate credits back to the local library's OverDrive account (3 to 8 percent); and there are recommendation services.

As hand - selling recommendations from your trusted bookseller become more and more important to readers, and the shopping experience transforms into bliss, watch for a renaissance in local bookstores across the nation.

To answer common relocation questions, she wrote a book, How to Buy a Home in Louisville, Kentucky, which is sold by local booksellers and on Amazon.com.