Thoughtful blog by Carmel, Indiana bookstore owner Jim Huang (The Mystery Company) and small publisher in which he discusses the current state of mystery publishing (and bookselling), the ridiculous pressure from NY publishers to break out big from the start with a new novel, and why I have a “Booksense” link on my home page.
Buy your books from an independent bookstore, people. That is, if you want to be able to keep reading a wide variety of books!
I LOVE indie bookstores. The two we had here were eaten alive by the Barnes & Noble which came into town–and the sad thing is it isn’t evne a good B&N. This particular one doesn’t even have a history or biography section. Imagine that…
Oh that’s horrible. I also just heard that our best indie mystery store, Kate’s Mystery Books, will be closing — she’s selling the little house it is located in. Just too sad.