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  Penguin helping indie bookstores promote Google eBookstore

  1287 readersShelf Awareness notes that Penguin Group (USA) has been printing up in-store displays to remind shoppers that the store sells ebooks as well, then distributing them to independent bookstores: “So far, 40 have been created, and by the time the publisher is finished, some 200 stores will receive a custom easel.” It’s too bad Google’s

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  IDPF – The Attention Economy – Seth Godin

  558 readersSeth Godin: originally thought that was a scrcity of books and, more important, a scarcity of shelf space.   Now, however, things that were scarce are abundant and vice versa.  Anyone can have shelf space at Amazon and there is an abundance of books.   Stated the Domino Project: building a connection to people who

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  Kassia Krozser on “Bookstores now, more than ever”

  1004 readersThat’s the title of her long article on her blog, Booksquare. Well worth reading. Here’s a snippet from the middle: I truly wonder what publishers are doing for the booksellers they understand are their best marketing asset. I cannot stop thinking about this, particularly in light of what is happening with Borders. I keep questioning

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  RosettaBooks Launches Sci-Fi eBook Collection by Arthur C. Clarke

  474 readersRosettaBooks, an independent ebook publisher, has launched 35 titles by the legendary science fiction storyteller Arthur C. Clarke. The books by this celebrated author have been launched for the first time in ebook format. Arthur C. Clarke is considered the pioneer of science fiction books, setting a different tone of writing which was followed by

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  Why Multichannel Bookselling is the Future

  817 readersBricks-and-mortar stores give booksellers a “human face,” but in the future most books will be sold online. Making the two sales channels complimentary is key. By Amanda DeMarco BERLIN: Anyone who’s been following German book industry publications over the past nine months or so has witnessed the rising popularity of the term “multichannel book selling.” It’s not

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  Booki.sh Adds 5 Retail Partners In Australia

  716 readersAustralian eBook company Booki.sh has launched five new independent eBook stores in Australia. Booki.sh will power the eBook distribution and sales for these stores. From a specialty cookbook store to the winner of the “Best Independent Bookseller in Tasmania” award, the retail partners include: Books for Cooks, Mary Ryan’s, Fuller’s, Gleebooks and Avid Reader. The new partnerships come

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  Book chair or toy market? Indigo’s coming diversification

  1119 readersHere’s an interesting story from the major daily paper here: Indigo Makes Bigger Play for Toy Market Buried four paragraphs in, this throwaway line hints at potential big news for trend watchers following the book market right now: “With the popularity of e-readers, like Indigo’s Kobo, freeing up more shelf space, a number of book

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  Copia Runs Sale On eBooks Dropped From Amazon

  1013 readerseBook social networking site Copia is responding to Amazon removing almost 5,000 eBooks represented by the Independent Publisher’s Group from its store, by running a sale on some of those eBooks. The Copia newsletter explains: “Recently, a very big bookseller has stopped selling eBooks from the Independent Publishers Group. Why? Allegedly because the scrappy, innovative IPG

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  PhoenixPick – Superb Sci-Fi Ebook Online Store

  1609 readersI seem to be writing about ebook sellers a lot just now, so here is another one for all you ebook fans out there.  PhoenixPick is an online ebook publisher who specialises in Science Fiction, both classic and contemporary.  They have a very varied collection of ebooks on offer, and as with many other online

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  Publishing Senior Executives Come to Grips With Post-Bookstore World

  952 readers From left: Marcus Leaver, Quarto COO; Karen Lotz, Candlewick CEO; Gary Gentel, HMH CEO. Photo credit: Brian Park With the closure of Borders, shrinking library budgets and the pressure independent bookstores and Barnes & Noble are under due to the rise of ebooks and online book sales, bookstore and library shelf space has been shrinking markedly