Authors Book Shop comes close to being an "author's coop" in effect. I've just signed up
for it, so don't know whether or not this website can sell books . . . but I like their
approach.
Check it out http://www.authorsb
Cordially,
David H. Jones
Author of Two Brothers: One North, One South
www.davidhjones.
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>
> Mari Bushman wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for that interesting report. I would love to see the
> > independents co-op to sell books online and I think it's only a matter
> > of time.
> >
> The problem is, as it has always been for such things online, how do you
> get people to come to that site and spend money rather than go to
> Amazon? There are online farmers' co-ops that seem to do OK, but they
> push organic, natural, home-grown, hand-processed, etc. as their big
> selling points. And they tend to be far more expensive than your local
> grocery.
>
> So, as always, the key is marketing. You either allow any and all
> independents to join (and then can only tout the attributes of smallness
> and independence since quality will vary widely) or have some sort of
> vetting process to determine who can join (which would limit the choices
> but allow the co-op to push quality as a primary attribute). Of course,
> who gets to decide what books and publishers would be carried? My
> definition of a quality book on a particular topic may not be yours (you
> might even think it's junk).
>
> You've got to have that USP (unique selling proposition)
>
> --
> Walt Shiel, Publisher, Slipdown Mountain Publications LLC
> http://SlipdownMoun
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