Re: Barnes & Noble discussion

--- In [email protected], Beth Young wrote:
> Does it hurt to have books listed at BN, even if they don't sell as often?

Well... I'm debating that.
Extremely low monthly sales compared to ANY of my other outlets, my own website included.
Sales figures that are a little too similar from month to month.
Also, if you'll check the BN page for 3WP14 ( http://tinyurl.com/3g6z776 ), you'll see some of my other titles listed at a different price. I didn't authorize different prices.
I've had to argue with BN about oddball pricings and such twice before in order to get everything standardized.
In short, I don't trust BN's sales and accounting system. I think it's deliberately convoluted and balky. When straightforward things are made difficult, the causes are usually either inept bureaucracy or hidden agendas.

> 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.

3WP15's been out since 6/11. BN's supposed to grab a copy through FW, but I don't see it at BN yet. That I haven't contacted BN about it probably shows my level of interest in doing so.
Unless others are having astronomically better sales luck at BN, I don't want to bother with their PubIt system.

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

Yer such a loyalist, milady. :) Thanks.
 
> 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 don't think BN quite has the hang of ebook marketing yet. Since they've owned FW for quite a while and have so far only trimmed away the best readerbait deals, I also doubt they're capable of learning.

> 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

Been wondering that myself. I think Brenna's probably right about Omnilit/ARE replacing FW as top dog.
Ed
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com



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