Comments on: We online booksellers need to empower ourselves.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:21:56 +0000

Yeah, this is a very very cool blog.
I just added you to my favorites.

Thanx,
Mikey

By: Dog training

Dog training — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:03:23 +0000

Very interesting… as always! Cheers from -Switzerland-.

By: Luke Lozier

Luke Lozier — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:21:00 +0000

Well stated. We at Bibliopolis sign on to your manifesto. Perhaps we should organize a round table discussion with the very limited scope of “tools of empowerment”. Maybe an online “web round table” of some sort or perhaps at some book event. Perhaps the Colorado Seminars or a Book Fair. I think it is long overdue that we get a thinktank mentality going.

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Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:57:31 +0000

[...] We online booksellers need to empower ourselves. [...]

By: brvce

brvce — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:52:27 +0000

Good Point Chris.
If anybody from Tom Folio would like to put up a post on what they can offer the bookseller they are more than welcome to do so. Just contact me via the email shown on the side.

By: Chris Hartmann

Chris Hartmann — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:28:55 +0000

The TomFolio people have been pushing the same basic idea of ‘independence for online booksellers’ as Mr. Weller for years now. So this controversy is certainly nothing New.

TomFolio folks were ‘pioneers’ and for their trouble have taken a lot of abuse and had only a small number of joiners. Let’s give their site and their people some credit also.

By: isellbooks

isellbooks — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:42:42 +0000

Could I have your opinion about the usefulness of sites like Gather.com as venues for book promotion and sales? For instance, I’ll be hosting a live chat there for an author soon and this helps get people to read more and buy more books. I am not sure if it segues into more interest in rare books but I sure wish you’d join (free) and put in a plug for independent booksellers. Write an article. Anyone can.

There is a booksellers group there, by the way.

By: brvce

brvce — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:08:53 +0000

Michael,
We’re not trying to slide in a little promo for the World Book Market just yet. At this point we have selected a small group to test our software and systems for a little while before making them available to all sellers. Things look promising but we still have a few improvements to make. Once we are ready to go full tilt you’ll see plenty of blatant plugging here. I love you blog by they way. If you ever want to put up a guest posting here you are more than welcome to do so.

By: Michael Lieberman

Michael Lieberman — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:57:29 +0000

Long live the independents! Good stuff Guy.

Significant issue to say the least and one that I have been talking about for some time over at Book Patrol.

What seems a little strange to me here is why not come right out and plug your project, The World Book Market? Isn’t the World Book Market offering many of these great options for the individual bookseller like links to individual dealer websites, pooled inventory etc.
It just seems like the perfect opportunity to get the word out.

By: brvce

brvce — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:55:18 +0000

Not yet. As for my own empowerment I find I’m doing well enough with my own website and my memberships with the Canadian Booksellers Asso. as well as the World Book Market (great peer group). I may look at the IOBA in the future and encourage folks to check out their site, thanks for the link.