tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post112991132008389687..comments2023-12-23T05:12:55.809-05:00Comments on The Written Nerd: Chronicle: The NAIBA 2005 Fall Trade ShowBook Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02896226559142059293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post-1132354937281158682005-11-18T18:02:00.000-05:002005-11-18T18:02:00.000-05:00Jessica,Thanks for the invitation to read your blo...Jessica,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the invitation to read your blog, via the NAIBA listserv. I'm so happy to see your comment about my book Rebel Bookseller and about Vox Pop! The NAIBA show was a high point for me as well, and I've had a number of exciting conversations with industry people over the month since then, too. Since I sell my book in my store at Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, I find myself steering conversations toward industry topics, and then nailing customers with my book. Usually I can make the sale (how can they refuse!). Today I sold Rebel Bookseller to a sales rep who it turned out used to run a major book wholesaler back in the glory days of indie bookselling (early 90s)! He'd started telling me that he thought the tide had turned, that people are sick of huge superstores...and POP suddenly he was holding a copy of Rebel Bookseller. Now my job is to get out onto the road and somehow convince other indie booksellers they should be handselling the book during this sort of conversation as well. I don't really think it's because I'm the author and I'm embarassing people into buying it. I think that lots of people actually want to understand what happened in our industry, and what's going to happen next: to wit, the dramatic return of independent bookselling.<BR/><BR/>Andy Laties<BR/>alaties@aol.com<BR/>www.rebelbookseller.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com