Feb 13, 2016
Chief Executive Officer of The
Tattered Cover Book Stores
Interview starts
at 10:03 and ends at 42:09
I think it would be interesting for independent booksellers to
experiment with selling eBooks directly, because it’s become much
less device-centric. Tablets have in some ways normalized that
world, and the notion that someone could build an open-source
eReader app and that we could have direct relationships with
publishers and sell eBooks is something I think worth exploring
down the road. But it’s not a part of our core business. Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google do what they do really well. For
us, we have limited resources and limited brainpower. I’d rather
see us make our stores even better than focus a lot of energy on
that.
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Interview with Len Vlahos
Scar Girl by Len
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Postscript with Uber Driver Deb Brown (42:09 to
43:00)
Next Week’s Guest
Jesper Bugge Kold, author of
Winter Men , an
AmazonCrossing translation available for pre-order with delivery on
March 1, 2016. You can get a free copy now via
Kindle First if you are an Amazon
Prime member.
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition
named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval
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