So I blogged yesterday about the OJ thing how out of touch Abebooks is with the booksellers who have put them on the mapThen today I see they sent out a press release on the results from their ridiculous poll about the new OJ book.What a set up! They email their clients (us) and promote the poll on their blog and their website and then in turn take the results and send out a press release about the "revulsion" from the book world regarding the book.Simply blatant self promotion to get in on the hyper-attention the OJ story is getting...
They Just Don’t Get It
I assume many of you booksellers out there received an email from Abebooks today. They called it the Bookseller Bulletin and this is what it said:Have your say on the new OJ Simpson book It has been announced that OJ Simpson is set to release a new book. AbeBooks.com wants to know what booksellers think: Are you planning to stock the forthcoming OJ Simpson book, If I Did It? Give us Your Opinion(This is not a live link, believe it or not the text at the end of this page's url says DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK)Thank you for participating - watch for the...