Yes my daughter who buys a lot of new books (mine are mainly really old and
obscure) has been using www.bookshop.org a lot to insure we have local
bookstores once this is over !
A survey I did for the Bookfest Board showed half or dealers doing the same or
better in 2019 and half doing far worse - waht worried me were the 50% who
didn't respond and may be out of business.
George Hagenauer
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From: "Alexander Johnson" <alexander.park.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: comicartl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 1:24:10 PM
Subject: [comicart-l] Re: NY Times Article: New Comics Shopping Platform Offers
Live Programming and Brings Attention to Comic Stores
I’ve bought books through them on several occasions.
Here’s a report on the company:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-24/independent-bookstores-offer-curbside-pickup-to-beat-coronavirus
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-19/can-independent-bookstores-survive-covid-19
Regards,
Alex Johnson
Visit my CAF gallery at http://cafurl.com?i=12727 ;
Your comments are more than welcome.
On Jan 11, 2021, at 12:12 PM, yellowkd@xxxxxxx wrote:
One of the things that came out during the Detroit Bookfest Board Meeting
Saturday (we are now a non-profit after holding 3 annual book events that drew
an average of 13,000 people and 150 vendors ) was www.bookshop.org a collective
site by the America booksellers association where member bookstores can list
mainly new books and they are directly drop shipped to customers from a major
book distributor- the stores get 30% of the sale but don't have to do the
shipping etc.. A interesting model -it looks like the stores have pulled in 10
million so far on what would be $30 million in sales- I don't know all the
details but if graphic novels are part of the mix brick and mortar comic book
stores could benefit from it. The guy who talked to s about it is part of a
cooperative bookstore in a local suburb here- the site is a coop effort with
cost sharing and profit sharing between member stores and the coop.
George Hagenauer
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From: "Will Gabri-El" < comicartpage@xxxxxxxxx >
To: comicartl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 12:58:51 PM
Subject: [comicart-l] NY Times Article: New Comics Shopping Platform Offers
Live Programming and Brings Attention to Comic Stores
Beginning Thursday January 21st, I’ll be co-hosting a 2 hour program in the
evenings that showcases Original Artwork For Sale! The Comic Book Shopping
Experience , co-founded by Nick Barrucci, Chief Executive and Publisher of
Dynamite Entertainment (and fellow art collector) aims to reach comic fans and
also bring attention to retailers!!
Here’s the NY Times press release under their Best of 2020:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/arts/comic-book-shopping-platform.html ;
Best rega rds,
Will Gabri-El
www.ComicArtPage.com
