Not exact matches
I'm not a
big B&N fan, but if I want to go into an actual
bookstore, that's my
only easy option.
Amazon operates less than a dozen
bookstores in the US and tends to
only operate in
big cities.
Books sold into
bookstores is becoming something
only reserved for the brand name authors or
big, breakout books that are getting a lot of buzz.
The reader's
biggest advantage becomes immediately clear when you see that your Nook Color now has not
only a Nook app, but also a Kindle app, as well as a couple of additional
bookstore and reading apps.
The Site Which Shall Not Be Named will not be the
only site left standing as many readers are returning to the
bookstores in droves, and many authors are beginning to sell from their own sites instead of sticking with any of the
big online stores.
Most
only report data from
big, medium sized publishers or
bookstores that belong to the American Booksellers Association.
The two week period after Christmas is the
biggest sales period of the year, not
only for Amazon, but for digital
bookstores all over the world.
Apple roughly controls 9 % of the US ebook market and one of the
big reasons is because they are one of the
only digital
bookstores that sells audiobooks and ebooks directly in the app.
Price fixing, in this case, not
only preserved the publishers» ability to inflate the retail price of physical books, it helped independent book stores preserve the high retail price they need to compete with Amazon, Wamart and
big box
bookstores.
This means that a German
bookstore can
only order your books if they're signed up with CreateSpace Direct or the other
big US distributors (like Ingram or Baker & Taylor).
Right now, the device is
only available in Korea and even though Samsung has a partnership with Kyobo
Bookstore, Korea's
biggest bookstore, there are
only about 2,500 books available.
Not
only that, but the existing
Big Five Six will now see books from Amazon imprints next to their own offerings in brick and mortar
bookstores.
Since getting my device, I've stopped buying print fiction for the reasons I gave you above... tired of paying inflated prices in Irish
bookstores, could buy great stories that are
only on digital, access to thousand of small presses... and not having to rely on what the
Big Five (formerly the Big Six) tell us to read, which are those big branded named authors like Lee Childs, Nora Roberts, Michael Connolly, Cecilia Ahern et
Big Five (formerly the
Big Six) tell us to read, which are those big branded named authors like Lee Childs, Nora Roberts, Michael Connolly, Cecilia Ahern et
Big Six) tell us to read, which are those
big branded named authors like Lee Childs, Nora Roberts, Michael Connolly, Cecilia Ahern et
big branded named authors like Lee Childs, Nora Roberts, Michael Connolly, Cecilia Ahern etc..
That's assuming you can get into
bookstores at all: most indie shops will
only take self - published books on consignment, and
big chain stores won't stock them, period.