Amazon vs Barnes & Noble - You're Gonna Have to Choose
I just read this article about Barnes & Noble refusing to sell print copies of Amazon published titles:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/barnes-noble-says-it-wont-sell-books-published-by-amazon/
I have to say it leaves me wondering many things. Like how is it going to effect all the people who self-published with Amazon, or have signed with them as their publisher? Clearly from The New York Times article, you might be flying solo with them because Barnes & Noble will not sell your print books in their store (although they still plan to sell ebooks).
So, if you had the dream of walking into a Barnes & Noble store and seeing a copy of your book sitting on a shelf, you can forget it.
What's more is that (again, according to the article) other book stores across the US feel the same way and don't plan on carrying Amazon published books.
My thinking is that Amazon finally pissed enough people off with their domination -- trying to change the entire publishing market to suit them -- that they've gone too far and pushed too many good relationships away.
I see this as hurting the people who self-publish or sign with Amazon. Those who stay with traditional publishing and go with small presses to larger, established ones, will just be sitting back and shaking their heads, because their books shouldn't be affected.
I guess we'll all just have to sit back and wait and see what happens. I think this will change how some people choose to publish their book now, because they might have some road blocks of how their title will be presented in the world.
Here's another link of interest:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/29/2755207/publishing-industry-barnes-noble-amazon
Copyrights owned by Rebecca Besser, 2012. All rights reserved.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/barnes-noble-says-it-wont-sell-books-published-by-amazon/
I have to say it leaves me wondering many things. Like how is it going to effect all the people who self-published with Amazon, or have signed with them as their publisher? Clearly from The New York Times article, you might be flying solo with them because Barnes & Noble will not sell your print books in their store (although they still plan to sell ebooks).
So, if you had the dream of walking into a Barnes & Noble store and seeing a copy of your book sitting on a shelf, you can forget it.
What's more is that (again, according to the article) other book stores across the US feel the same way and don't plan on carrying Amazon published books.
My thinking is that Amazon finally pissed enough people off with their domination -- trying to change the entire publishing market to suit them -- that they've gone too far and pushed too many good relationships away.
I see this as hurting the people who self-publish or sign with Amazon. Those who stay with traditional publishing and go with small presses to larger, established ones, will just be sitting back and shaking their heads, because their books shouldn't be affected.
I guess we'll all just have to sit back and wait and see what happens. I think this will change how some people choose to publish their book now, because they might have some road blocks of how their title will be presented in the world.
Here's another link of interest:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/29/2755207/publishing-industry-barnes-noble-amazon
Copyrights owned by Rebecca Besser, 2012. All rights reserved.
Posted by Becca at 2/2/2012 9:32 AM 
Categories: THIS AND THAT ON WRITING, Writing
Tags: Amazon Barnes & Noble publishing book stores books The New York Times self-publishing traditional publishing presses Press
Categories: THIS AND THAT ON WRITING, Writing
Tags: Amazon Barnes & Noble publishing book stores books The New York Times self-publishing traditional publishing presses Press
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