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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
One wonders if it was News Corp's HarperCollins that "pulled the plug". They appear to have a few distractions near the top at the moment ...
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HC would be on my very short list of likely idiots.
So would MacMillan.
With 60% of their dollar volume flowing through just 4 vendors, they just killed off number 3 leaving entire regions without a single deep catalog B&M retailer and giving B&N and Amazon over 50% of the market.
Typical BPH thinking: First they bemoan the loss of retail shelf space and then they make sure it happens.
(sigh)
Pre-bankruptcy:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...ade-books.html
I expect B&N stock to see a decent boost, so Liberty Media won't be happy either.