Barnes & Noble yanks Amazon-published books from stores 鈥� again
In the face of reports of an Amazon title found in Barnes & Noble stores, the bookseller has again stated that it will not be stocking books published by Amazon.
In the face of reports of an Amazon title found in Barnes & Noble stores, the bookseller has again stated that it will not be stocking books published by Amazon.
Barnes & Noble reiterated its policy of not carrying titles published by Amazon after a Melville House editor spotted books released by the book giant in B&N stores.
Kelly Burdick, the executive editor for independent publisher Melville House, penned a column Oct. 2 saying that despite Barnes & Noble鈥檚 well-known policy of not carrying titles published by Amazon, he had seen Amazon-released book 鈥淢y Mother Was Nuts鈥� by Penny Marshall at a New York Barnes & Noble location. When he did a 鈥淔ind in store鈥� search for Marshall鈥檚 book on the company鈥檚 website, he said the website indicated that the book could be found at Barnes & Noble locations in Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, D.C., among others.
鈥淚n any case, it鈥檚 not much of a boycott,鈥� Burdick wrote. 鈥淎 real boycott would mean not stocking Amazon鈥檚 books. Guess that鈥檚 harder than it looks.鈥�
In the wake of Burdick鈥檚 column, Barnes & Noble stated, 鈥淥ur policy has not changed. We are not carrying Amazon titles.鈥� The company reportedly e-mailed its stores instructions to take the Amazon books off the shelves, according to the Melville House column.