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barium · 01-05-2011, 01:47 AM

Interesting, relevant article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70404820110105

Notes that publishers need brick and mortar bookstores to market their books; that they prefer selling to traditional bookstores (rather than superstores like Walmart and Amazon) because those bookstores have relatively little leverage when negotiating pricing with publishers (their futures depend exclusively on continued book sales)

01-05-2011, 01:47 AM	#17
barium Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 20572 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: None	Interesting, relevant article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70404820110105 Notes that publishers need brick and mortar bookstores to market their books; that they prefer selling to traditional bookstores (rather than superstores like Walmart and Amazon) because those bookstores have relatively little leverage when negotiating pricing with publishers (their futures depend exclusively on continued book sales)