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That all makes sense for physical products, it's just less clear what the local bookstore is actually adding to the process for a digital e-book transaction.
by Talanes 2y ago
That all makes sense for physical products, it's just less clear what the local bookstore is actually adding to the process for a digital e-book transaction.
- greenie_beans 2y agowhen you are a bookseller on the sales floor, sometimes a customer asks for an e-book, and the bookseller won't be able to sell them an e-book copy. indies have never been able to sell this to their customers. now they can, indirectly, by telling them to buy it on bookshop and they'll get a cut.
- bwb 2y agoAnd bookshop.org has already sent 36+ million to indie bookstores. It also removes the cost of trying to run an online bookstore of any kind. Hopefully, they are headed to audio books next.
- bsjiendn 2y agoThe CEO has answered this question. The local bookstore doesn’t add anything to this process. But if bookshop.org doesn’t support the local bookstore then bookshop.org doesn’t have any value to the reader either. They’d might as well go to Amazon at that point.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoThey don't add anything. But they all get a small slice of profits of the sale regardless, without having to set up their own ebook store.
- greenie_beans 2y agothey promote the site, so they help drive sells. you wouldn't even know what bookshop.org was if it weren't for the booksellers.