I should also mention that I have
several other bookstore apps on my iPhone including ones from Barnes & Noble and Borders.
Not exact matches
So, she geared herself up and walked into the University of Oregon
bookstore and
several other local shops in Eugene.
Although Ingram makes your book available to them, there is no guarantee that stores / libraries will order your book, which is why we have
several other blog posts with tips on how to sell your book to
bookstores and how indie authors can get their books into libraries.
California
Bookstore Day, an idea first conceived of by store owner Pete Mulvahill and put in motion with the help of
several other dedicated parties, combined the marketing efforts and attention of members of the state's independent
bookstore association, and managed to garner the support of many names in publishing.
In the meantime, there is hope that the
several million euros that have been proposed to help ensure the survival of the
bookstores will prevent situations like the collapse of Borders and
other bookstores in the US.
Nearly two years after B&N closed, an independent (which has
several bookstores in
other states), has opened up.
GalleyCat rounds up
several pitch letters that succeeded in landing a literary agent; the New York Times reports small
bookstores appear to be thriving; the Wall Street Journal picks its favorite novels of 2012, including Shani Boianjiu's The People of Forever Are Not Afraid; and
other news.
I'm not counting them out entirely; they are quietly making moves in
several areas to take over college campus
bookstores (they have done that at THE Ohio State University, among
other places) but I don't know if they will continue to market their own tablet / reader or (more likely) spin it off.
Manjoo's article expounded upon
several reasons independent
bookstores can't thrive in the current marketplace, especially when compared to
other retailers.
-LSB-...] No matter what you think of the retail king Amazon, and whether you attribute the demise of
bookstores to them or
other market forces (including the failure of said book stores to adapt to a new market), they have opened up
several programs that are helpful to libraries.