[HarryT]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

No, it isn't effective.
And it is self-defeating. The kind of "high minded" stunt B&N devotes time and effort to instead of fixing their online store. The whine is that Amazon gets *more* exclusive title deals. (As if Apple, Kobo, B&N, etc don't have their own exclusive deals. )

Here's the Guardian take:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...-boycott-grows

Here's a more thoughtful take:
http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/post/...books-million/

(Note the date. The three year old rumors were pretty accurate.)

Generally, when companies worry more about hurting their competitors than improving their business it is a sign they've lost the competition.

Thanks for the links. Seems to be an incredibly short-sighted attitude. It appears to me that the likely consequence of them not stocking a book which Amazon sells is that the customer who wants it is going to buy it from Amazon.