This excellent blog entry by 20 year publishing pro Andrew Wheeler should be read by anyone who is curious why bookstores don’t carry certain books.
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| Greg Frost was skipped by Borders. Toby Buckell was skipped by Borders. Pat Cadigan was outraged. Gwenda Bond was more thoughtful. Many other people examined their liberal guilt about buying from a chain store, and were vaguely uncomfortable about the whole thing. And I’m sure there are plenty of other authors who heard that their new hardcover or trade paperback was getting skipped by Borders without going on the web to tell everyone about it. Nobody’s jumped up to say that they were skipped by B&N yet — probably because B&N has more cash and is in a generally better position than Borders, so they’re less likely to be tightening their belts that much — but both chains skip books every single day. Every buyer for both chains skips books all of the time. |
Wheeler goes on to explain how the process works. An informative posting and a must for all authors.
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