Comments on: Book Expo America 2009 – A Summary

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Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:00:55 +0000

[...] publishing conglomerates were choking all over it at Book Expo America 2009 a couple of weeks back. Read my BEA 2009 summary. But two things have to happen for me to come away looking like [...]

By: Michel Drew

Michel Drew — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:12:42 +0000

Buddy,

I'm not surprised, both Google and Amazon.com are being blamed for the changes in the book industry. It was probably a good move on their part, this year, to downplay their work.

In all honestly publishers and other retailers are furious with Google and Amazon.com, had either Google or Amazon.com done more at BEA I suspect that there would have been real drama.

Thanks for your comments.

Michael R. Drew

Promote A Book Inc.

512-858-0040

By: Buddy Scalera

Buddy Scalera — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:56:03 +0000

Good post. I was a little surprised that Amazon and Sony didn't have a larger official presence at the Expo to promote their ereaders. I mean, they were there and all, but it would have been cool to see them with a big booth and lots of prizes and demos. http://wordspicturesweb.com/?p=314