Post by account_disabled on Jan 7, 2024 22:09:53 GMT -8
Today is Bookstore Day . It goes without saying that these small businesses are suffering firsthand from the devastating crisis caused by Covid-19 throughout the planet. This is what Amazon 's unstoppable growth is used for . A few weeks ago we learned that American independent bookstores had united to fight against the e-commerce giant through the #BoxedOut campaign. ABA (American Booksellers Association), together with the Brooklyn-based DCX Growth Accelerator agency and the American Booksellers Association, used creativity and ingenuity to launch an action that mocks Jeff Bezos' company. Now we know in Spain an alternative in order to give the necessary boost to Spanish independent bookstores and make book purchases in these establishments. It is called All your books , a space created by Cegal (Spanish Confederation of Guilds and Associations of Booksellers) with the aim of users finding books marketed in Spain and LATAM. They currently have a figure that is increasing little by little: 4,134,504 books and 150 associated bookstores.
Of that number, a total of 1,565,475 books can be purchased in associated bookstores thanks to the possibility they offer by searching for more than one and a half million references. In addition, they Phone Number List provide real data on sales in Spanish bookstores , giving you the opportunity to know the 100 best-selling books . «All Your Books aims to bring you closer to the world of books in a simple and effective way. We will continue to improve to achieve this," the organization says. Demanding and festive liberties And the thing is, Bookstore Day , which is celebrated today throughout the national territory with different initiatives organized by all types of establishments in municipalities and cities, becomes more festive and demanding than ever. "It is a day to show that our strength is in short distances, in humane treatment, in literary recommendation to each person," said Alberto Sánchez, president of CEGAL in a statement .
We are aware of the difficulties we are going through, some specific to the book sector and others added by the health crisis, but we are proud and convinced that we play a fundamental role for society as physical spaces for meeting books and promoting books . of reading ," he added. allyourbooks One of the main characteristics of this Todos Tus Libros e-commerce platform, and what distinguishes it from similar projects undertaken in other countries, such as the United States, Italy or the United Kingdom, is that control is in the hands of the independent bookstore . who can decide at any time their level of participation (purchase on their websites, reservations, trade between bookstores and direct sales), and who also do not have to pay sales commissions, since the administration is not centralized. The Bookstore Day campaign began on October 21 with the presentation of Ximo Abadía's poster and today culminates with the celebration in physical spaces, after having presented two of the main technological projects with which CEGAL wants to make visible the strengths of bookstores, All Your Books and Librired.
Of that number, a total of 1,565,475 books can be purchased in associated bookstores thanks to the possibility they offer by searching for more than one and a half million references. In addition, they Phone Number List provide real data on sales in Spanish bookstores , giving you the opportunity to know the 100 best-selling books . «All Your Books aims to bring you closer to the world of books in a simple and effective way. We will continue to improve to achieve this," the organization says. Demanding and festive liberties And the thing is, Bookstore Day , which is celebrated today throughout the national territory with different initiatives organized by all types of establishments in municipalities and cities, becomes more festive and demanding than ever. "It is a day to show that our strength is in short distances, in humane treatment, in literary recommendation to each person," said Alberto Sánchez, president of CEGAL in a statement .
We are aware of the difficulties we are going through, some specific to the book sector and others added by the health crisis, but we are proud and convinced that we play a fundamental role for society as physical spaces for meeting books and promoting books . of reading ," he added. allyourbooks One of the main characteristics of this Todos Tus Libros e-commerce platform, and what distinguishes it from similar projects undertaken in other countries, such as the United States, Italy or the United Kingdom, is that control is in the hands of the independent bookstore . who can decide at any time their level of participation (purchase on their websites, reservations, trade between bookstores and direct sales), and who also do not have to pay sales commissions, since the administration is not centralized. The Bookstore Day campaign began on October 21 with the presentation of Ximo Abadía's poster and today culminates with the celebration in physical spaces, after having presented two of the main technological projects with which CEGAL wants to make visible the strengths of bookstores, All Your Books and Librired.