Amazing success rate.
Regards,
Alex Johnson
My CAF Gallery: http://cafurl.com/?i=23389
On Jan 11, 2021, at 1:13 PM, yellowkd@xxxxxxx wrote:
When I did for 25 years as part of my job my return rate was between 93 and
95% of the businesses surveyed!
But I had a budget then! This was done as a volunteer and when we weren't
able to do a Bookfest last year so there was a year and a half gap since they
were active with us
George
From: "Alexander Johnson" <alexander.park.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: comicartl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 2:08:17 PM
Subject: [comicart-l] Re: NY Times Article: New Comics Shopping Platform
Offers Live Programming and Brings Attention to Comic Stores
If you did a survey with a 50% response rate, you should be thrilled. Don’t
worry about the 50% missing responders, you’ve such a high reply rate that
I’m amazed!
Regards,
Alex Johnson
Visit my CAF gallery at http://cafurl.com?i=12727
Your comments are more than welcome.
On Jan 11, 2021, at 1:06 PM, yellowkd@xxxxxxx wrote:
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
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
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 regards,
Will Gabri-El
www.ComicArtPage.com
