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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
If you read the article...
• The loss of Borders and other shelf space is cutting into backlist sales
• It's easier for people to find backlist online
• Publishers aren't efficient at getting backlist to the remaining small stores
I'd also assume that since it's a format shift, at least some people are purchasing older books they already have in paper form.
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I have read the article, but it doesn't (as far as I can see) answer the question I asked. Are people buying more backlist books because of eBooks (good), or fewer newly-published books (bad)?