Daunt Addresses Furor over Middle Grade Fiction Buying Policy - Publishers Weekly

Today, when Panzer was cleaning under the pilot's seat in the Panzermobile, he found a wadded up post. Flattening it out, our fastidious kitty boy discovered it was a Publishers Weekly post about Barnes and Noble bookstores.

 

I didn't know about this.

According to Jim Milliot's post, in response to middle grade fiction authors' questions and complaints online about Barnes and Noble's new book ordering policy, CEO James Daunt provided information to Publishers Weekly's inquiries. While not answering any of the authors' online questions, he did say because of the high number of store book returns to publishers the new policy was instituted. Now, books will be ordered based on their "merit."

 

Panzer says, "Inquiring kitties want to know, 'Exactly, what defines a book's merit?'"

 

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a big glass of iced tea and a large brownie for today's reading selection.

 

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble CEO Daunt