Great Lakes Independent Booksellers were told by the association’s outgoing president Carol Besse at their fall trade show October 3-5 that authors should disable any links they have on their websites to Amazon.com and “get out there in front” of store patrons to explain why consumers shouldn’t buy from the online retailer.
Besse called for a “grassroots effort to re-educate every author they meet about the importance of buying books from independents rather than from Amazon.com. She said it’s a matter of survival and qualify-of-life for entire communities.
So, what’s bad about
So, what’s bad about amazon?
They’ve got what I want, no sales tax, free shipping, very little wait.
Local book stores may not have what I want, I may have to wait for the item, I need to drive to get it, and pay sales tax.
Hmmm, let me think which one I will choose to buy from…
I think that the survival of mom+pop bookstores depends on one thing: finding your niche.
That campaign is a sure-fire
That campaign is a sure-fire loser. It basically discourages people from buying authors’ books, so why would authors want to participate?