Re: Barnes & Noble discussion

Does it hurt to have books listed at BN, even if they don't sell as often?

As a nook owner, I would be more likely to buy through BN, assuming
equivalent pricing, just because the wireless download is so convenient.
When I heard that 3WP #14 had been released, I checked for it first at BN,
and only when they didn't have it did I go to FW.

Of course I'd buy your books from wherever you sold them, Ed :), but maybe
other people use only the most convenient option.

I wish BN would alert us when new books by favorite authors are available.
FW used to do this and I often bought books as soon as I got the alert.  BN
hasn't continued the FW alerts but doesn't send its own alerts either (or
at least I haven't figured out how to get them).  Why can't they at least
continue the FW alerts until they get around to making BN alerts?

I only stumbled across 3WP #14 because I realized I hadn't received a FW
newsletter in ages and wondered if FW was even adding new books anymore.
When I went there to find out, I saw it.  I recently made sure to use up
all my coupons and micropay funds because I don't know how much longer FW
will be in business.  :(

Beth


On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:06 AM, auwg <auwg-/[email protected]> wrote:

> When BN bought Fictionwise, they grabbed copies of all my books to sell to
> Nook users on the BN website.
> Fictionwise sales have chugged right along as ever, but BN sales have been
> pathetic at best and their sales reporting page is balky when it works at
> all.
>
> Some might say having my books at BN is good if only for exposure. I'd
> argue that my books are selling well everywhere else and that's not due in
> any part to BN.
>
> I sell more titles from my website without advertising than BN sells and
> I'm thinking of removing my books from BN if I can do so without
> jeopardizing them at Fictionwise.
> Any thoughts or comments about this?
> Thanks,
> Ed
> Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
> Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
> http://www.AbintraPress.com
>
>
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