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Originally Posted by frquixote
Got a very large Borders gift card for Christmas. Fortunately, I ALSO have/had a VERY big ebook wish list. Just need to buy a couple more books and it will be all used up.
Rats! Picked BETA over VHS, IBM OS/2 over MS Windows, HD-DVD over Blueray, Palm OS over all the others, and epub over Amazon. Got any technologies you'd like to see killed off??  |
Still have a couple of OS/2 machines at work, you're job isn't done
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Originally Posted by barium
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) |
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I found interesting the prediction that fewer books would be sold if Borders closes.
"It would have a significant, concrete and immediate impact on sales,” said one publishing executive who requested anonymity as the person’s business relationship with Borders is confidential. “We would just sell fewer books period.” ...
Traditional book outlets such as Barnes & Noble and Borders account for about 49 per cent of book sales in the U.S.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1858296/ |
I smell bailout.