Google will “helpfully” try to autocomplete searches for you. Sometimes these suggestions are actually useful. Sometimes they’re hilarious. Sometimes they’re just plain bizarre. Often looking at the whole list gives you a vague idea of what the general public thinks as those are common enough searches for Google to suggest them.
So what does the average person searching the internet think about books? What does Google think they’re looking for?
Reading is…
With the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and netbooks, Amazon will most likely announce the end of production of the Kindle device within four years. The APP will still be around for other devices, but the actual device will cease production. You can see the shift starting with some of the marketing for Amazon as they have started promoting the app version for other devices as much as, and often more than, the device itself. The star is the DELIVERY of the content, not the actual reader.
a guest post by Peter Shaw of Aberdeen Books and Crafts All my life I have been besotted by, enchanted by, enthralled by books. As a small child, I well remember the thrilling smell of fresh ink, the texture, the excitement of any new book I was given for a Christmas or birthday present. For … Read more
By Joe Waynick For the past three years I’ve attend the annual SCOE conference held every July in Seattle, WA for online entrepreneurs. And every year it just keeps getting better and better. The conference is designed for all online sellers using Amazon for a sales platform regardless of product category, including consumer products, books … Read more
The very first mystery bookstore I entered was Whodunit? in Philadelphia PA. I was a teen with my mom, and deliberately looked up and found this particular store because I had a couple of books I wanted to sell and they said they bought books in exchange for credit. I was enthralled upon entering. I … Read more
My name is Janet Geddis, and I am proud to be an independent bookseller. I started my journey over three years ago and, despite some unbelievable downs and even more miraculous ups, I am soon expanding my business. Since 2009, Avid Bookshop has been an online and events-based bookselling business, but this summer we’re moving … Read more
After finding the ABE article about books exploring the theme of twins, I became intrigued, and realized I had one of the titles in my TBR pile. It had been there quite awhile. I think because every time I’d pick it up I’d veto reading it at that moment on the basis of needing something … Read more
