Here was one of the better responses I had to the question “What can we do to take our businesses to the next level”. A very informative reply, as usual, from Guy Weller aka Mr. Pickwick of The World Book Market. Of course you may not all agree with every remark but I’m sure some [...]

Here are some thoughts on Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader from Tony Leblanc of Cover to Cover Books.
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I’m not sure if the purchase of a printed book includes an electronic copy - my interest is more how many printed book sales Kindle will replace. For someone who doesn’t mind reading on it, paying $9.99 for [...]

Looks like Amazon is set for an attempt to conquer the eBook market with a new reader called the Kindle. CNet tells us that they plan a big launch on Monday with Mr. Bezos himself. Poor little eBooks have been waiting for years for the killer app (or killer vehicle to be more precise) to [...]

I have a question for you seasoned sellers, those that have a thriving shop (or maybe two).
Have any of you made one single change, after having been open a few years, that threw your business up a level - kicked it into gear.
I find that as our own business nears the three year mark the [...]

Another post from William Smith at Hang Fire Books
William has a terrific blog himself, definitely one worth bookmarking!
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When I attend sales by private owners, I’m often faced with the question of how to present myself and explain what I do. If the seller contacts you through your shop or a directory listing, a [...]

One of the comments left in response to our posting of Guy Weller’s talk about bookseller’s empowerment was by Chris Hartmann. Chris mentioned that Tom Folio has been doing what Guy is talking about for years now. I replied with an invitation to anyone in the know at Tom Folio to share with us what [...]

Overheard at ABE.com  another insightful comment from OZ’s Guy Weller.
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We online booksellers need to empower ourselves.
The larger bookselling sites - Amazon, eBay, ABE and even some of the smaller sites - are dictating far too much to us as to how we should fashion our listings, and how we should list on their sites.
This we [...]

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WORLD BOOK MARKET IN MAJOR EXPANSION OF ITS BOOKSELLER BASE
The World Book Market (WBM) bookseller co-operative is opening [...]

Another installment from William Smith of Hang Fire Books
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Independent Book Publishers Association (PMA) moves against Online Galley Sales.
The PMA is eliminating a membership benefit that “provides a discount in the initial fees for selling books through AbeBooks” because ABE isn’t taking steps to prevent booksellers from listing and selling promotional, pre-pub, versions [...]

Author Robert Jordan, who was best known for the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels, has died of a rare blood disease aged 58.
full story from the BBC …