I have discovered way more authors online than I have ever discovered
in a bookstore. There's no search engine in a bookstore. Unless I get
lucky and the book is either on table with an eye catching cover, the
likelihood of finding something on the shelves that I'm looking for is
difficult enough. Through Amazon.com and its multi-national,
English-based online stores I have read authors that are not yet
available in the US. New authors can also get themselves on the
shelves at Amazon.com a lot easier than they can get onto the limited
brink-and-mortar selves that are even more sensitive to what books
they stock as the competition grows. One of the Borders here in DC
actually down-sized its spaces not long ago.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Busted Flush Press
<bustedflushpress@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Now, I'm not looking to change anyone's minds on e-readers... I've heard
> enough people talking about wonderful they believe e-readers are, and hey,
> more power to you! But my concern is around the future of traditional publishing
> and traditional, brick-and-mortar stores -- where a lot of great new authors are discovered.
-- Anthony Dauer Annandale, Virginia
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