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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Imagine what would happen if a bookstore's sales were dominated by SF&F, and their search/rating algorithms reflected that. A lot of people would look for another vendor, one that better reflected their tastes.
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No need to imagine: that is exacty what happened to Books on Board during the transition to Agency pricing. Unable to quickly secure the BPH titles, they were left with an active catalog heavily skewed towards romance. They (permanently) lost a critical fraction of their customer base and never recovered.