Booksellers News
Publishers and booksellers are looking for new ways to compete with the Goliath of online retailers. Just before Christmas, Amazon infuriated booksellers with an app that allowed customers to check out prices in brick and mortar stores and then get a discount if they bought from Amazon instead.St. Louis' indie booksellers have compiled a best-seller list for 2011, led by "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, 2960 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, 610-791-3261: Friends Discussing Fiction Group, "Water for Elephants" by Sarah Gruen, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.Two booksellers arrested for selling the autobiography of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have been released on free bail.What accounts for an upsurge in confidence among independent booksellers? In part, it's because of an increase in sales in many of these stores within the last quarter.A tumultuous year for booksellers ended on a strong note for survivors, but the future is still something of a mystery.Victoria Roberts, owner of Broken In Books on Route 1 in Rowley, is right at home among stacks of books in her office.?Pearl goes to the dark side? makes eye-catching copy but let?s play fair with Seattle?s favorite librarian. [?Pearl?s new chapter rankles small booksellers,? page one, Jan. 15].Author Taslima Nasreen's book released, despite protests.Many indie authors, as it happens, are highly entrepreneurial and professional, and many of us are managing to sell our books on Amazon and elsewhere, so why shouldn't you be able to work with us and cash in?Booksellers - Yahoo! News Search Results
