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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
It's of course possible, except back then didn't have contracts with each pub just with their distributors and they still were using the same distributors (primarily LightningSource/Ingram). It's my understanding that when Agency came along the stores all had to do contracts with each publisher (even if using a distributor) and the pubs weren't in any kind of hurry to get anything done with the small stores. BoB was missing titles for a long time (don't know if they ever got them all back) and IIRC it was one of the reasons CyberRead gave for closing up shop.
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It's possible but after 3 years one would think they would have plenty of time to work out a deal especially for a generic epub e-tailer. Diesel didn't sell The Hunger Games series by Scholastic a non-Agency publisher. Or it's likely Diesel (and BoB) didn't like the terms the publishers offered.
I also suspect that there is some hidden or unusually high cost to running an online ebook store. Something we aren't aware of for all these stores to close. How many ebooks does a site have to sell to cover costs?