Reinventing the database wheel.

[booksbynight]

This is an inquiry post, my Gentle Readers, an inquiry that may turn into a rant later

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[mariness]

Tor.com posts reference/contain links to the Tor.com store, which has a resulting huge database of authors/novels. Obviously this is in part because the store is one source of revenue for the webpage. (Tor.com also runs banner ads and is starting to sell e-books, so I'm assuming that they are not planning on using the store alone to support the site

[booksbynight]

Thank you for taking this in the spirit in which it was intended. I do know that Amazon has become a necessary evil to many authors, and I have a vested interest in seeing authors thrive.

I hadn't known about that GoodReads feature, because shortly after I had joined GoodReads, I got hit with four times my normal spam content, and I had blamed them and avoided them thereafter.

[vyrdolak1998]

I have IndieBound links on every book page on By Light Unseen Media's website. In fact, I just tweeted a whoop because IndieBound finally acknowledged Cat the Vamp's existence (maybe they don't do that until after the official release date, I don't know). I also have Amazon links, though, and Smashwords and Lulu and links to buy the books directly from me, and I link to stores that I know have copies of our books. Small publishers can't afford to disdain ANY market. We just can't.

But yes, I am aggressive in promoting independent bookstores as well as independent publishers!

[booksbynight]

Small publishers can't afford to disdain ANY market. We just can't.

Very, very understandable.

But yes, I am aggressive in promoting independent bookstores as well as independent publishers!

And it's much appreciated.

[black13]

I didn't even know this Indieorg existed. In the future, when I link to a book, I'll use that -- if they have that book in their list.

[booksbynight]

IndieBound.org may not be known very well to the European market, as it is an offshoot of The American Booksellers Association.