Sentences with phrase «smaller bookstores all»

Do you want your book to be available online through Amazon and Barnes & Noble, or in smaller bookstores?

So, smaller bookstores have the potential to shine.

Then there was Kobo, an upstart spun out of a Canadian bookseller (Indigo), with the backing of a lot of smaller bookstores in the US, like the now defunct Borders.

Because there are still too few smaller bookstores out there.

Baker & Taylor is another distributor that feeds libraries and some smaller bookstores.

One of the problems I keep seeing with big publishing is you guys stick to current models and don't look at down the road or how something could help smaller bookstores (think a POD in an indie bookstore) or with books that aren't ordered as frequently.

This is especially powerful as the rest of the smaller bookstores have less leverage for bargaining with publishers.

So in that respect, I don't say I disapprove of it but I'm a little disappointed that it may prevent other smaller bookstores from succeeding,» she said.

Hundreds of smaller bookstores all over the US have also refused to do business with them.

It is a logical and efficient way for a small bookstore to expand its footprint, especially as big chains have shuttered locations, leaving a vacuum for enterprising independent stores to fill.

Perhaps it was memories of that night that inspired my tears the other day, when I found myself crying in the café of a small bookstore that I ducked into out of the Edinburgh rain.

A width of 30.75» is slim for a double stroller, however, this stroller is still wider than a single stroller and it may be difficult to use in tight spaces like a subway or small bookstore.

His family owned a small bookstore throughout his early childhood, and he would spend weekends flipping through book after book, always sure to read the ones that looked the most interesting.

Wes Anderson's feature debut, an affectionate shaggy dog story of middle class kids who plan an elaborate heist of a small bookstore with the help of the local «criminal mastermind» (James Caan), also marks the debut of actors Owen Wilson (who co-wrote the film with Anderson) and Luke Wilson.

In some ways, it would be an odd pairing, since she says she loves small bookstores and worries about Amazon's effect on them too.

Having print editions will allow you to approach libraries, small bookstores and schools.

It takes place in a small bookstore in an out of the way town.

«I'm a former librarian so I've always been a book reader and I've always been in favour of small bookstores.

It wasn't that long ago that everyone was predicting the end of print and the demise of small bookstores.

With even the higher - volume indies unable to compete, small bookstores across the nation were forced to close their doors.

The old method of dealing with small bookstores is in jeopardy due to the closure of so many shops and major chains like Borders.

Indie companies often are relegated to the timeless «Zine» format that is a fixture at many small bookstores.

Small bookstores have seen a rise in business with the sale of hardware and the commutative digital commissions they receive when a customer purchases a digital book.

Understandably, small bookstores might be upset by this shift, but their returns are already (generally) relatively low, and they can do their part to reconceptualize the model, too.

Overall, physical book distribution in Japan is suffering from a number of factors, including a 40 % return rate, 28 % decline in small bookstores, and an overall market decline of 17 % since 1996.

I don't want to feel swindled by small bookstores with too many authors to manage.

I'd love to see how small bookstores are doing now.

GSB publishes ebooks and trade paperbacks that are sold online and hand sold to small bookstores.

I would hate to see the small bookstore be a thing of the past.

In the meantime, Google will take the energy it used to spend on letting small bookstores sell ebooks and transfer that to trying to build Google Play into the ebook powerhouse it had hoped to become when it first launched the affiliates reseller program.

They are exceptionally inviting, far more than any other major brand in the US, and far more than most small bookstores.

Most just tend to lament that digital books are cannibalizing the small bookstore, but in order to compete, you have to look at alternative revenue sources.

Small bookstores are so central to French culture that they are protected by law.

Also, the downtown public library now has a small bookstore, and they carry it there.

Most independent or small bookstores will let you put a few books in their shop on consignment, meaning you give them the books and they will pay you if they sell, then order some more.

These small bookstores are always glad to have an author over for book readings and other events to market their books.

«Will the Quebec Government Step In to Try to Save Small Bookstores?»

A publishing community, founded by readers to support writers, GSB publishes ebooks and trade paperbacks that are sold online and hand sold to small bookstores.

It has the smallest bookstore, the laggiest menu system, the blurriest screen, and the worst battery life of the three.

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.

What gets me more is her long tirade about how small bookstores are tired of having to deal with questions their customers bring them based on Amazon.

Nor should they forget that the real problems for small bookstores came with the influx of the big box bookstores like B&N.

Put those small bookstores there.

Small bookstores are being shuttered, book chains are going out of business, libraries are suffering enormous budget cuts, and every publisher - and the people who work at these publishing houses - is feeling a great deal of pain and stress.

On the other hand, the large chains were not as close to their customers as the small bookstores which they were driving out of business.

Small bookstores are now choosing to target specific people rather than trying to cater to everyone's needs.

While Amazon works to corner the selling market, drive small bookstores out of business, hold publishers up for a larger percentage of sales, they remain untouched.

Riggio continued to expand his number of college bookstores and his bookstores modeled on the Sales Annex, as he also acquired small bookstores and bookstore chains, including B. Dalton.

They could easily either just give small bookstores the same discounts or even just Stop Selling To Amazon.

While I'm by no means jumping up and down and saying Amazon is evil, I do hate losing small bookstores.