tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post5447612276169310551..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: Do Bookshops Have A 2020 Vision?Martyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-86020615006070302882014-08-05T16:12:59.208+00:002014-08-05T16:12:59.208+00:00thank you and i would suggest reading a couple of...thank you and i would suggest reading a couple of books. One is the Life and Times of Robert Dodsley who was the owner of Tullys Head in the 18th century and start to redefine Bookselling and realised the power if copyright as he moved more to wards what we recognise today as publishing. The other book is by Thomas Joy and was published in 1964 and is called The TRuth about Bookselling. The Joy book describes an era when booksellers were struggling, was pre the aggressive chains, out of town outlets, was at a time the NBA was sanctioned and Booksellers needed to adapt to survive.<br />Interesting how what goes around comes around.Martyn Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-47263332829301673522014-07-08T09:25:34.741+00:002014-07-08T09:25:34.741+00:00There's a great deal of common sense here - th...There's a great deal of common sense here - the best bookshops I've ever been in were those with 'add-ons' - from a minsicule one on Mull to a converted cinema in Waterford. Waterstones may be moving to this model - but the recent edict to ban author signings in store is a retrograde step.writerselect@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978159030772513582noreply@blogger.com