Delisted from Borders.

The Borders online catalog is partnered with Amazon. Check to see if the book is listed there. It should have appeared at the same time. If it is gone from both sites then contact Amazon CS for an explanation.

Most POD companies contract to have their books listed with online catalogs like Barnes&Noble, Amazon, Borders, et al. If your book is one of these you need to contact your book rep.

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Manny said:

My book, which has only been out a couple of months seems to have been delisted from Borders.

It was here: http://www.borders.co.uk/book/russian-bride-guide/1103965/

And now it isn't. A ISBN search reveals no match, as does an author search.

Has anyone encountered this? Or can anyone otherwise shed any light on it?

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Manny,

I touched on this issue in an article on my own site this week after I read the article listed below in The bookseller.

I have visited my own local Borders and noticed a distinct 'destocking' on the shelves and my own article and findings at Borders would suggest that they are indeed trimming back on what they physically carry as well as their listed on-line catalogue.

I checked just this morning, my own book 'Academy', which is still showing, however, I know of two other authors who have published in the past two months, and they have discovered that their book listings have been removed.

http://mickrooney.blogspot.com/2008/11/borders-continued-downturn.html

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/70507-distributor-cautions-on-borders-us.html

citymouse said:

The Borders online catalog is partnered with Amazon.

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That used to be the case, but Borders now operates its own websites and catalogs.

- Victoria

Interesting. My third book was printed though Book Surge in 2007. Before it came out I asked the CS rep if it would be listed with B&N? I got an indulgent chuckle as I was informed that Amz doesn't do business with the competition. Since that book is listed on both the Amazon and Borders sites I naturally concluded that their partnership was still intact. Perhaps they continue some sort of collaboration in regards Book Surge products.
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victoriastrauss said:

That used to be the case, but Borders now operates its own websites and catalogs.

- Victoria

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Manny said:

Having just read Mick's links, it looks like Borders [is] in financial trouble.

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Yes, that has been a developing story for some time. The company laid off a lot of workers several months ago (which might have been what was in the links). Given the current economic situation, bankruptcy might not be out of the question.

I cannot even get a call back from one of the local stores (which last spring laid off its community relations manager) about a book I want to get into their system (via a Borders Inventory Control Number, BINC). But in February, the store took 100 copies of another of my books and corporate paid for the lot of them in April. I would not want to take that risk now.

--Ken

You may want to check out the Lulu forum, many Lulu lauthors have reported difficulties getting listed outside of Amazon.com