That's my understanding. B&N and other brick-n-mortar stores buy books from Ingram and Baker & Taylor, the two largest book wholesale distributors. Here's a description of CS's Expanded Distribution Channel:
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Most online retailers, bookstores, and libraries find books through purchasing relationships with large wholesalers. If your book is not listed with these wholesalers, some retailers may not be able to buy your book, even if a customer specifically requests your title. Through the EDC you can make your title available to these wholesalers who in turn make your title available to thousands of online retailers, bookstores, and libraries.
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It's my understanding that the EDC submits your book info to one or both of those distributors, who then make the books available to the buyers at the bookstores. Then someone, somewhere (maybe you) gets to convince bookstores to actually order and stock it.
