Comments on: Sometimes the personal is the political http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/2010/05/sometimes-the-personal-is-the-political/ opinions free from chains Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:38:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Fidra Blog » Blog Archive » Okay, this isn’t the news I promised – I’m digressing… http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/2010/05/sometimes-the-personal-is-the-political/comment-page-1/#comment-476 The Fidra Blog » Blog Archive » Okay, this isn’t the news I promised – I’m digressing… Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:32:16 +0000 http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/?p=215#comment-476 [...] But if you want your high street to have a future that includes businesses other than huge conglomerates, that keeps jobs and investment and profits in your community then that’s in your own hands.  Because voting in the election for the party you think might keep the country afloat is only part of it.  We have another (sadly neglected at the moment) blog where we write about the trade side of bookselling and you can read about the latest shop local campaign being imported from the USA by the Booksellers Association here. [...] [...] But if you want your high street to have a future that includes businesses other than huge conglomerates, that keeps jobs and investment and profits in your community then that’s in your own hands.  Because voting in the election for the party you think might keep the country afloat is only part of it.  We have another (sadly neglected at the moment) blog where we write about the trade side of bookselling and you can read about the latest shop local campaign being imported from the USA by the Booksellers Association here. [...]

]]> By: Christine Coleman http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/2010/05/sometimes-the-personal-is-the-political/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Christine Coleman Sun, 09 May 2010 17:38:02 +0000 http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/?p=215#comment-197 This is something where I try to make small shift in readers' attitudes to the issue of supporting small presses and Indie Book shops. I've produced a bookmark that I insert in every one of my books that I sell. I've removed the title of book and name of publisher as I don't want to be thought to be trying to advertise my own wares. I thought you might be interested in this as an idea you could maybe adapt for yourselves. Without the existence of the small, independent publishers, some of the books you have read and enjoyed, (including XX XXX) might never have been published. It is the sales and marketing team at the mainstream publishing houses who decide, often basing their judgement on whether or not a novel will appeal to the book-buyers at Tesco and other supermarkets. You can support small publishers like XXXXX by writing reviews and spreading the word about the book, and by encouraging your friends to consider buying their own copy from the author’s website or independent book shops, to keep these books in print This is something where I try to make small shift in readers’ attitudes to the issue of supporting small presses and Indie Book shops. I’ve produced a bookmark that I insert in every one of my books that I sell. I’ve removed the title of book and name of publisher as I don’t want to be thought to be trying to advertise my own wares.
I thought you might be interested in this as an idea you could maybe adapt for yourselves.

Without the existence of the small, independent publishers, some of the
books you have read and enjoyed, (including XX XXX) might never have been published. It is the sales and marketing team at the mainstream publishing houses who decide, often basing their judgement on whether or not a novel will appeal to the book-buyers at Tesco and other supermarkets.

You can support small publishers like XXXXX by writing reviews and spreading the word about the book, and by encouraging your friends to consider buying their own copy from the author’s website or independent book shops, to keep these books in print

]]> By: Cat http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/2010/05/sometimes-the-personal-is-the-political/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Cat Tue, 04 May 2010 21:44:25 +0000 http://www.stateofindependents.co.uk/?p=215#comment-181 Could not agree more.... Could not agree more….

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