Books-A-Million and Indigo Books & Music will not carry Amazon Publishing titles in their stores, joining Barnes & Noble in what has now become a three-chain North American ban.
PaidContent reported that B&N's statement last week "appeared predicated on the notion that Amazon would not allow it to sell Nook versions of Amazon Publishing titles. Books-A-Million's motivation is, presumably, the same, though that's unclear. Both chains could change their policies if Amazon allows them to sell its titles as e-books."
Indigo v-p Janet Eger told the Toronto Globe & Mail "Amazon's actions are not in the long-term interests of the reading public or the publishing and book retailing industry, globally. Indigo founder and CEO Heather Reisman has congratulated Barnes & Noble for taking a leadership stance on the matter, and offers kudos."
