Comments on: Buying Indie at the Big Chains http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains/ You might be awesome, but we are the Indyish! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:47:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: serahrama http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains/#comment-22049 serahrama Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:33:31 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains#comment-22049 please forgive my poor typing... please forgive my poor typing…

]]> By: serahrama http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains/#comment-21996 serahrama Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:07:41 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains#comment-21996 I'm not exactly in the same bussiness, but I have been looking into selling my journal at Chapters and other big chain stores. For magazines anyways it's defiantly great to buy in the big stores because we don't get returns, the copies that are not sold are destroyed. Sometimes the big stores are the only way to get into smaller or father away cities, so any purcxhase helps to deflect that loss. I’m not exactly in the same bussiness, but I have been looking into selling my journal at Chapters and other big chain stores. For magazines anyways it’s defiantly great to buy in the big stores because we don’t get returns, the copies that are not sold are destroyed. Sometimes the big stores are the only way to get into smaller or father away cities, so any purcxhase helps to deflect that loss.

]]> By: Nadine Benny http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains/#comment-21985 Nadine Benny Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:53:15 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains#comment-21985 Alanah, it's great that you mentioned your in store experience. This is very close to how record stores work in the sense that they will buy up a lot of product and eventually return most of it, and get rid of anything that's not selling. So you're dead on, buying that book at Chapters told Chapters that consumers are interested in this book and you may just have given it another chance on Chapters shelves! Buying directly from artists, online or at shows or expos, does provide them with a larger margin, but fails to support the credibility and visibility that the artist gains from strangers seeing their product on the shelf of a major retailer. I guess you can always ask artists what they prefer! Most indie artists are pretty accessible, and I would think they'd appreciate the concern. Alanah, it’s great that you mentioned your in store experience. This is very close to how record stores work in the sense that they will buy up a lot of product and eventually return most of it, and get rid of anything that’s not selling. So you’re dead on, buying that book at Chapters told Chapters that consumers are interested in this book and you may just have given it another chance on Chapters shelves!

Buying directly from artists, online or at shows or expos, does provide them with a larger margin, but fails to support the credibility and visibility that the artist gains from strangers seeing their product on the shelf of a major retailer.

I guess you can always ask artists what they prefer! Most indie artists are pretty accessible, and I would think they’d appreciate the concern.

]]> By: Geralyne http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains/#comment-21693 Geralyne Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:43:04 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains#comment-21693 alanah, By the way, while you get someone else to answer that conundrum, what about the book, The Hole Show? Did you read it? With a cover like that, I'm sure curious! geralyne alanah,
By the way, while you get someone else to answer that conundrum, what about the book, The Hole Show? Did you read it? With a cover like that, I’m sure curious!
geralyne

]]> By: Marilis Cardinal http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains/#comment-21660 Marilis Cardinal Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:14:23 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/buying-indie-at-the-big-chains#comment-21660 Great post Alanah- I hope people answer this, I'm very curious! Great post Alanah- I hope people answer this, I’m very curious!

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