IndieCommerce

Four e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include digital originals, middle grade and teen deals, and year-end specials.

Stores that participated in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Kobo Arc promotion must report units sold by this Friday, December 20, via the Kobo Reporting Tool.

ABA has negotiated a special rate available to all member stores currently using PayPal as well as businesses that sign up now.

Kobo has launched a Daily Deal campaign that offers customers a deep discount on a new title each day. Since the link to the Daily Deal will remain the same every day, there’s not a lot of work involved for booksellers.

Four e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include thrillers, steals and deals, and holiday themed books.

One e-book promotion was recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page in the category of classic literature.  

Here’s the latest on the new Indie App, which allows customers to purchase Kobo eBooks through smartphones, computers, and tablets and have them credited to a local participating ABA member bookstore.

Kobo has designed a way to provide stores with dedicated tracking links for downloads of the Kobo Reading App, so customers who read eBooks on devices other than eReaders can purchase books through smartphones, computers, and tablets and have them credited to the store.

Seven e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include romance, steals and deals, JFK, Aldous Huxley, and teen and middle grade deals.  

Here’s a roundup of launch terms, comparisons and specs, and demo unit details for the new Kobo devices as well as information on the  latest eBook promos.

A special thread started by ABA staff in the IndieCommerce Forum on BookWeb.org provides booksellers with the opportunity to offer constructive criticism of their colleagues’ store websites.

Five e-book promotions were recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page. Categories include romance, scary reads, paranormal vampire romance, and titles from Michael Connelly.  

With more and more authors signing onto Indies First, now is the time for ABA members to promote the IndieBound and IndieCommerce affiliate programs to ensure that a buy button for indie bookstores appears as the first purchasing option on authors’ websites.

Here’s a roundup of news and tips shared by IndieCommerce staff with program participants in the October “IndieCommunication” newsletter.

This year’s edition of the ABC Best Books for Children Catalog is installed and ready to go on IndieCommerce websites.