Comments on: The Amazon Battle, Continued: An Interview With BookLocker's Angela Hoy http://www.amarketingexpert.com/the-amazon-battle-continued-an-interview-with-booklockers-angela-hoy/ Turning Authors into Success Stories Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Penny http://www.amarketingexpert.com/the-amazon-battle-continued-an-interview-with-booklockers-angela-hoy/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Penny Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:12:08 +0000 http://amarketingexpert.com/ameblog/?p=288#comment-254 Hey William! Thanks for the post and good luck with your work! Penny Hey William! Thanks for the post and good luck with your work!

Penny

]]> By: william sawyers http://www.amarketingexpert.com/the-amazon-battle-continued-an-interview-with-booklockers-angela-hoy/comment-page-1/#comment-253 william sawyers Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:43:05 +0000 http://amarketingexpert.com/ameblog/?p=288#comment-253 I had no Idea about this issue. thanks for the update... As I'm a child author who uses LULU.com Never had an issue last three years. GOOGLE SEARCH william sawyers Have a great Summer I had no Idea about this issue. thanks for the update… As I’m a child author who uses LULU.com

Never had an issue last three years.

GOOGLE SEARCH william sawyers

Have a great Summer

]]> By: Walt Shiel http://www.amarketingexpert.com/the-amazon-battle-continued-an-interview-with-booklockers-angela-hoy/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Walt Shiel Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:25:53 +0000 http://amarketingexpert.com/ameblog/?p=288#comment-252 Angela Hoy has become the main champion of small and self-publishers who rely heavily on digital printing, whether through one of the innumerable "POD publishers" or directly with printers like Lightning Source. I have been underwhelmed by the meek responses from both SPAN and IBPA/PMA. Although both issued indignant releases (SPAN's was far more firm in tone), neither have really taken the reins to lead a full-scale charge. I have been blogging about it since this first hit the 'Net earlier this year. Every time I post an entry on the topic, my traffic soars. I imagine most other writing and publishing blogs are seeing the same trend. People are interested and concerned, but few really know how to make a difference. As an interesting side note, I also link my blog to my Amazon Connect account. So far, all of my Amazon rants have been included, meaning they all show up on my books' Amazon pages. I keep wondering when they'll put a stop to that. At our company, <a href="http://slipdownmountain.com" rel="nofollow">Slipdown Mountain Publications</a>, we are currently taking a wait-and-see approach. Amazon's actions have yet to directly affect us, but we are developing our plans for post-Amazon marketing and promotion. I'm not ready to make a knee-jerk response that will kill off our Amazon sales. Angela Hoy has become the main champion of small and self-publishers who rely heavily on digital printing, whether through one of the innumerable “POD publishers” or directly with printers like Lightning Source.

I have been underwhelmed by the meek responses from both SPAN and IBPA/PMA. Although both issued indignant releases (SPAN’s was far more firm in tone), neither have really taken the reins to lead a full-scale charge.

I have been blogging about it since this first hit the ‘Net earlier this year. Every time I post an entry on the topic, my traffic soars. I imagine most other writing and publishing blogs are seeing the same trend. People are interested and concerned, but few really know how to make a difference.

As an interesting side note, I also link my blog to my Amazon Connect account. So far, all of my Amazon rants have been included, meaning they all show up on my books’ Amazon pages. I keep wondering when they’ll put a stop to that.

At our company, Slipdown Mountain Publications, we are currently taking a wait-and-see approach. Amazon’s actions have yet to directly affect us, but we are developing our plans for post-Amazon marketing and promotion. I’m not ready to make a knee-jerk response that will kill off our Amazon sales.

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