Even worse than the big chains, supermarkets started stocking a small range of books - the bestsellers and selling them as loss leaders at a lower price than the indies' discount prices direct from the publishers... example: SF&F specialist should have sold a bundle of HP3 but didn't order any from publisher, cheaper to walk round the corner and buy from Tescos supermarket... sold 4 of 6 before closing (and they were to US customers wanting UK edition)...
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