Re: Ebook awards in general - brilliant idea

--- In [email protected], Brenna Lyons wrote:
> > All we need is a pertinent sponsor to fund and help organize something big,
> > bright, and bold enough to make some tall promotional waves among readers
> > and publishers alike.
> 
> That is a good idea, if you can pull it off.

Never know. Could happen.

> > Amazon wouldn't do it for anything but its Kindle.
> > BN - ditto - Nook.
> 
> Actually, B&N doesn't even support Nook, from what I've seen.
> How often do you get people coming in, willing to ONLY sell things and demo things that will make you money...and refuse to even consider it? That's B&N for you.
> 

Yup. I remember how they gutted B.Dalton. Been expecting them to do the same to Fictionwise.

> > Maybe a coalition of epublishers? How many are there?
> 
> Tens of thousands, at least. The problem is, so many are entering and leaving the market every year, by the time a list is made, it's obsolete.

Hm. Okay, then, let's talk about places that exist to sell hardware, such as Best Buy. Here's a link of interest:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/eReaders/E-Reader-Devices/pcmcat193100050014.c?id=pcmcat193100050014
or, if that link breaks, this: http://preview.tinyurl.com/4jdxtxj

Best Buy sells 22 ereaders.
Think they'd like to have local e-authors drop by their stores and hold yap sessions and signings?

What about other store chains?
Walmart sells a few. http://tinyurl.com/4bu725p
So does Target. http://www.target.com/s/ereader

The chain stores have the advertising clout to make it work.
Ed
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com



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