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Good post Jo. I rarely find myself going to the local bookstore for these reasons. If they do have an author I'm interested in trying, they only have book 3 (always book 3). That being said, they do have some Adrian Tchaikovsky! Starting with book 3...It actually was pretty cool to see that my local store does have five of the authors from Woodbridge's third collection on their shelves though!

I' find myself leaning to the ebooks more and more these days, and I doubt that will turn around anytime soon.
 
ratsy said:
I' find myself leaning to the ebooks more and more these days, and I doubt that will turn around anytime soon.
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I've actually started buying more 'book-books' than I used to. I get member discount at Barnes and Noble, which helps. It's also 5mins from home... I did buy a signed book from an indie bookstore the other day; I ordered it online and was so impressed with their customer service I'll definitely be back for more.
 
I do still buy a lot of book-books (I buy a lot second hand, actually, and always have) and I get discount in Chris's shop which helps. But I think there is a real challenge to shops - entice us with range, but keep it manageable in the face of falling sales. I think the indie bookstores often have less of a problem in that arena.
 
Hey, Juliana. That's cool, of course.

My view of Facebook is the same as my view of mobile telephones and vegetarianism. I don't mind if others do it, but it's not my cup of tea :)

Thanks Cathbad/Ratsy. Was a bit unusual for me as it's mostly writers I interview.
 
pambaddeley said:
Part of the problem is that sites like Bookbub demand you have so many reviews of so many stars on Amazon before they will take your advertising money.
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Yep. But I did see something from the Fussy Librarian, that Amazon are changing their terms of email promos and the single link - which all these sites use - might either get closed down or charged additional for. It makes me wonder about the future of the book promo site market.

But that's exactly what I mean. We're being forced to play a game that makes us look for reviews, and yet castigates authors for doing what they can to get reviews. It's all completely nuts.
 
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