tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1827293628793927797..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: As Barnes & Noble Goes, So Goes the Future of PublishingSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-2481425476208764272012-02-28T15:13:46.424-06:002012-02-28T15:13:46.424-06:00About Me, you hit on a good point that a lot of ne...About Me, you hit on a good point that a lot of newish writers seem to be forgetting. On the one hand, e-books make self-publishing affordable and easy for the first time. On the other, if actual bookstores bite the dust the books of these same authors are very likely to disappear into the netherworld of the internet unless the authors spend most of their lives promoting them. Then, when do Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-79135339599428224012012-02-28T10:15:30.721-06:002012-02-28T10:15:30.721-06:00Now that this is happening, I'd still hope the...Now that this is happening, I'd still hope there is an avenue to buy printed books. As an aspiring author myself, I'd still like to see my book on print rather than an electronic file since it just won't make difference for me if I just export the MS word document to PDF. But the more important thing is the feel of book's weight, the texture, and even the opportunity to go out to NostalgicReviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446161404773433591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-86189692967357834882012-01-31T20:58:16.439-06:002012-01-31T20:58:16.439-06:00Completely understand, Pam. I can't really be...Completely understand, Pam. I can't really believe something like that will happen, but I've been surprised already by the rapid decline in bookstore and publishing health so I'll never say never.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-82191093274501405942012-01-31T11:16:49.182-06:002012-01-31T11:16:49.182-06:00The thought of someday not having a Barnes and Nob...The thought of someday not having a Barnes and Noble to go wander through on a gray, rainy day with my daughter or my future grandkids makes me unbelievably sad. Although I have a Nook, I almost never use it, because if I end up hating the ebooks I buy I can't return them. Plus there's nothing worse than dragging around a power cord!Pamhttp://prologuebooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-2898151762444926312012-01-31T06:42:34.950-06:002012-01-31T06:42:34.950-06:00Absolutely, Les. Anything I can do, little as it ...Absolutely, Les. Anything I can do, little as it might be, to help get the message out to other avid readers, I'm happy to do. Thanks for stopping by.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-83403212942586289232012-01-31T05:52:07.715-06:002012-01-31T05:52:07.715-06:00Support your local bookstore, even if it's the...<i>Support your local bookstore, even if it's the big chain B&N. We need to help ensure that we still have a choice between printed books and e-books when this finally plays out.</i><br /><br />This is precisely what I've been telling my customers all year long. As a B&N bookseller, avid reader and blogger I couldn't agree with you more. May I re-post your post on my blog, SamLeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-62992281867040596932012-01-31T00:34:44.601-06:002012-01-31T00:34:44.601-06:00I hear you, Sam. [re: your reply to my comment].
I...I hear you, Sam. [re: your reply to my comment].<br />I'm all for forest conservation, but I truly rue the day when books are not able to have anything to do with trees.<br />-- CipCiprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-89149625648570198892012-01-30T21:23:01.423-06:002012-01-30T21:23:01.423-06:00The possibilities of where this trend is heading a...The possibilities of where this trend is heading are certainly depressing, Nan. It's all happening so much quicker than I would have ever imagined possible. That's what makes me especially nervous.<br /><br />Support your local bookstore, even if it's the big chain B&N. We need to help ensure that we still have a choice between printed books and e-books when this finally plays Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-32346962899227236472012-01-30T20:55:52.514-06:002012-01-30T20:55:52.514-06:00This is enough to break one's heart.This is enough to break one's heart.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-14614416900710588702012-01-30T08:42:12.216-06:002012-01-30T08:42:12.216-06:00Yeah, Annie, what's with those customers comin...Yeah, Annie, what's with those customers coming in and messing up your happy place like that?<br /><br />I only went to a Sony Reader when I was doing so much traveling (and staying in isolation when I got there) that I could not possibly carry enough books to last me for a month at a time. Now, publishers are going to e-books for review copy and that irks me because most of them build in a Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-24260119936361213042012-01-29T15:48:39.487-06:002012-01-29T15:48:39.487-06:00I've never bought a book from Amazon. I LOVE ...I've never bought a book from Amazon. I LOVE bookstores and the years I spent working in one were like working in my happy place (altough customers kept coming in and messing up my happy place ;)). I don't want a Kindle or a nook. I don't want to read e-books. I want real books and I want real bookstores. I'm very nervous about the future of books; this is an issue where I Janda-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687798675348783450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-73928981936853558012012-01-29T15:23:16.237-06:002012-01-29T15:23:16.237-06:00Cip, I agree with you. Two years ago, I could not...Cip, I agree with you. Two years ago, I could not have imagined that we would already be to this point. It's like a snowball rolling down a hill, and I don't think it can be stopped now. I'm hoping that B&N and Books-A-Million (although I hate that chain) survive. <br /><br />I will never be able to embrace e-books with the same passion that I embrace physical books. I have Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-83213702740059302132012-01-29T15:18:52.405-06:002012-01-29T15:18:52.405-06:00Rob, I dread the world where every novelist is for...Rob, I dread the world where every novelist is forced to hustle and publish his own books. I understand that this opens the door for those writers who have been unable to publish in the traditional manner - and I applaud this fact. I have fallen in love with the work of several independently published books in the last couple of years and I look forward to hearing more from their authors.<br />Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-36286736370059912492012-01-29T12:57:36.769-06:002012-01-29T12:57:36.769-06:00A world where books are some sort of artifact, a t...A world where books are some sort of artifact, a throwback to a bygone era -- yes, I guess I can think of nothing sadder. I bewail the speed at which the industry seems to be shifting toward the closure of physical bookstores, etc. <br />I understand what the above commenter is suggesting, and yet, for some people [like me] it isn't even just about the <i>reading</i>. It's about the <i>Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-38291731055892899842012-01-29T11:24:47.777-06:002012-01-29T11:24:47.777-06:00The industry itself will not be killed off. There ...The industry itself will not be killed off. There will still be authors writing good books—which is at the heart of the publishing industry, and makes it what it is.<br /><br />Storytelling isn't about brick and mortar, publishing offices, people in suits deciding what books should and shouldn't be published. It's about words on a page, and that will continue to exist, although in a Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785299355462748009noreply@blogger.com