Rather than attempt a wrap-up of last weekend’s Baltimore Con, Heidi MacDonald focused instead on Diamond’s Retailer Summit that came afterward, specifically its attempts to sell its new Point-of-Sale system:

Store owners surveyed by PWCW were cautiously enthusiastic about the new system—although it is expensive, Diamond is making it affordable for as many shops as possible by offering an 18-month interest-free loan to purchase both the software and hardware, if necessary. It’s an offer that many retailers found tempting. “We’re going to have to give it a very serious look,” said Katie Merritt of Green Brain in Dearborn, Mich., echoing the thoughts of many retailers. While almost everyone is in favor of computerizing sales information, the devil is in the details—the system is expensive, and some shops have problems with the Microsoft software itself.

Also in this week’s newsletter: An interview with Matt Fraction about Casanova, the news that DMP has entered a co-labeling agreement with three Japanese BL publishers; a look at some upcoming biographies by the CSS/Hyperion crew (including one on Thoreau by John Porcellino!); and a review of RC Harvey’s new biography of Milton Caniff.

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