Comments on: More on Tribal Buying–I Didn't Mean Bookstores http://consequentialvalue.com/2009/04/13/more-tribal-buying-i-didnt-mean-bookstores-2/ Make more than an impression. Make a difference. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:26:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: davidpleach http://consequentialvalue.com/2009/04/13/more-tribal-buying-i-didnt-mean-bookstores-2/#comment-613 davidpleach Mon, 11 May 2009 03:41:24 +0000 http://consequentialvalue.com/?p=1217#comment-613 Mr. Nash...excellent examples and oh-so true. Thanks for joining in. Mr. Nash…excellent examples and oh-so true. Thanks for joining in.

]]> By: Richard Nash http://consequentialvalue.com/2009/04/13/more-tribal-buying-i-didnt-mean-bookstores-2/#comment-614 Richard Nash Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:40:34 +0000 http://consequentialvalue.com/?p=1217#comment-614 Two thoughts: the first is that independent publishers have been developing consumer level brands for a period of time. One I owned and ran for seven years, Soft Skull Press, was quite successful in that regard, I felt; ditto presses like Chelsea Green, Akashic Books, Melville House, Seven Stories, Small Beer... One of the bets things ever said about Soft Skull was in the comments section of a blog post at The Guardian a few years ago, the topic being, What Books Get You Laid. One commenter: "Anything by Soft Skull Press." That's a tribe, methinks. Second thought. Some book publishing/selling is local/regional, as opposed to thematic. So booksellers can indeed become publishers, de facto community centers, who could cluster reading groups, writing groups, self-publishing services, events, etc. Some tribes can be geographically defined... Two thoughts: the first is that independent publishers have been developing consumer level brands for a period of time. One I owned and ran for seven years, Soft Skull Press, was quite successful in that regard, I felt; ditto presses like Chelsea Green, Akashic Books, Melville House, Seven Stories, Small Beer… One of the bets things ever said about Soft Skull was in the comments section of a blog post at The Guardian a few years ago, the topic being, What Books Get You Laid. One commenter: “Anything by Soft Skull Press.” That’s a tribe, methinks.

Second thought. Some book publishing/selling is local/regional, as opposed to thematic. So booksellers can indeed become publishers, de facto community centers, who could cluster reading groups, writing groups, self-publishing services, events, etc. Some tribes can be geographically defined…

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