THE FATE OF THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE

Yesterday in the Sunday Star Times there was a story that originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times the week before regarding the threat to independent bookstores.

The main thrust of the story, which if you missed it you can read now by clicking on the link below, is that Internet sales are the major threat to the survival of the independent.It makes for sobering reading.

It is my view that all NZ independent booksellers need to get themselves a website if they do not already have one and become serious about using the Internet as a major selling tool.Even better if this is done with a regular electronic newsletter.


http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-fi-bookstores7feb07,0,6229370.story?coll=cl-books