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Originally Posted by andreabc
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I've been an independent book seller (was one of the first, back in about 95 or so), and this is a crock. This is someone who is more interested in pursuing a proven failure of a business model instead of finding a way to make it work.
The distinction between book retailer and publisher has largely disappeared, especially in the independent market. Big publishers don't want you to sell their stuff? Then approach authors directly and cut out the middle man. A lot of well known authors have a back catalog that's out of print they'd love to get back out there making money, and there's always, always, always unknowns looking for a chance.
The problem is that they don't want to sell books online, they want to sell specific books by big publishers online. It's the wrong business model, and doomed to failure. Never compete with a huge company on their own turf. You're guaranteed to lose that way.