Not a hijack - perfectly valid question, methinks. Especially since I wasn't clear.
Indiebound had a conversation going on Facebook, in which the "support your local indie bookstore!" was the theme, the urge, and the point. My only point is that, as an author, I expect my local indie bookstore to support me right back.
My two favourite local (in NorCal terms, that's 100 miles in any direction) both happen to be indies. I sign at both places every time I have a new book out.
But when the larger, more well-known local indies won't carry a local authors' stuff, asking said local author to wave pompoms for them seems disingenuous, to say the least.
Re: Um, not to hijack the thread...
Indiebound had a conversation going on Facebook, in which the "support your local indie bookstore!" was the theme, the urge, and the point. My only point is that, as an author, I expect my local indie bookstore to support me right back.
My two favourite local (in NorCal terms, that's 100 miles in any direction) both happen to be indies. I sign at both places every time I have a new book out.
But when the larger, more well-known local indies won't carry a local authors' stuff, asking said local author to wave pompoms for them seems disingenuous, to say the least.
The poor economy works both ways.