Obama Book – Is It Part of Amazon / BookSurge Fallout?
August 20, 2008 by Anne Wayman
Filed under Jobs
Yesterday, Publishers Weekly announced that Barnes and Nobel had canceled their 10,000 book order of Obama’s Challenge: America’s Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency. The book, written by Robert Kuttner and published by Chelsea Green is scheduled to be officially launched at the Democratic Convention which starts on August 25.
The reason Barnes and Nobel canceled the order, according to PW, because Chelsea Green has signed an early exclusive agreement with Amazon. The sense is that Amazon’s attempt to get a lock on print-on-demand is costing independent bookstores and authors significant money.
Hut Landon, executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association is quoted by PW as being “disheartened”
Chelsea Green has attempted to explain its position as minimizing its risks in a letter on their website.
My hope is that this is the beginning of Barnes and Nobel’s counter to Amazon’s POD position.
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Seems writing on Obama generates a lot of interest. I guess somebody is already blogging obama. I am going to check that.