Affect of publishing changes -bookstores closing

[Lindsay]

Thanks for the advice, Paul!

(Yeah, 4.5 feet actually caused a "State of Emergency" on the major highway 10 minutes from my house... 350+ people stranded because of the snow qualls and drifts. They even had to call the military in to airlift people out of there!!!! Glad we had nowhere to go!)

[Benjamin]

S.A. wrote: "Here's a thought - not sure where it takes us. Let's park the plight of the writers for a mo and think about how all the snobbery, ignorance and downright bad business practice that rules the comme..."

Here here!

However, as an indie author who self-published, I'm feeling a little confused about the local indie bookstore burying my book in a back corner under some brochures while their so-called "INDIE NEXT LIST" fails to name a single independently published non-BIG-SIX author.

I'm not saying they shouldn't sell name published authors. I'm merely wondering why there's a double standard. They couldn't even shelve my book in the proper section? Just so people can see it next to books of the same genre?

[Terry]

Benjamin wrote: "S.A. wrote: "Here's a thought - not sure where it takes us. Let's park the plight of the writers for a mo and think about how all the snobbery, ignorance and downright bad business practice that ru..."

Benjamin - "hear, hear" ......!!