According to Publisher’s Weekly, Powell’s Books is going to start a new subscription service under the IndieSpensable banner.
The new program is set to feature a package that will include a signed first edition of a new title plus other materials. Those items could be anything from a DVD, a magazine or sample chapters from a work-in-progress. All in all, you can expect the entire package to be sold for $39.95.
IndieSpensable will kickoff in March with Lydia Millet’s How the Dead Dream, published by Counterpoint Press, which is doing a custom cover of the title.
Powell’s is limiting the number of copies in the program to 200, with about 25 of those going to bloggers and other media members to help promote the book and service, Weich said. Packages will be sent every six weeks and subscribers can opt out of at anytime.
Powell’s will consider both fiction and nonfiction titles for the program and is looking to focus on titles from independent houses.
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