http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:06:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies/comment-page-1#comment-1973 redunicorn Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:11:59 +0000 http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies#comment-1973 I have been to the American Library Association Conventions. The book publishers are definitely courting librarians. Libraries are a big source of revenue for them.<br><b>References : </b><br>librarian I have been to the American Library Association Conventions. The book publishers are definitely courting librarians. Libraries are a big source of revenue for them.
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]]> http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies/comment-page-1#comment-1972 Sophie B Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:36:59 +0000 http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies#comment-1972 Library sales help consumer sales.....readers are notorious for spreading the word that they enjoyed a book. Library readers tell their friends , friends buy books... If publishing companies relied strictly on retail sales, many books wouldn't sell at all... i balk at buying certain authors, however borrowing a book from the library is free, so i might take a chance....if i like it i tell my friends, if i like it enough, i might buy it , even though i've already read it....<br><b>References : </b><br> Library sales help consumer sales…..readers are notorious for spreading the word that they enjoyed a book. Library readers tell their friends , friends buy books…
If publishing companies relied strictly on retail sales, many books wouldn’t sell at all…
i balk at buying certain authors, however borrowing a book from the library is free, so i might take a chance….if i like it i tell my friends, if i like it enough, i might buy it , even though i’ve already read it….
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]]> http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies/comment-page-1#comment-1971 misslaveau Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:49:59 +0000 http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/libraries/are-libraries-the-bane-of-publishing-companies#comment-1971 While it may be technically true that publishing companies lose some sales due to libraries (perhaps on big bestsellers and whatnot), but a decent amount of publishing revenues actually come from library sales. When I worked for a publishing company, there was little better than getting a good review in Library Journal, because we wanted the sales it would generate from library systems. I also think that even publishing companies can see the good that comes from libraries being able to provide literature for people. They don't make enough of an impact to be a threat.<br><b>References : </b><br> While it may be technically true that publishing companies lose some sales due to libraries (perhaps on big bestsellers and whatnot), but a decent amount of publishing revenues actually come from library sales. When I worked for a publishing company, there was little better than getting a good review in Library Journal, because we wanted the sales it would generate from library systems. I also think that even publishing companies can see the good that comes from libraries being able to provide literature for people. They don’t make enough of an impact to be a threat.
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