Thread: Publishers Weekly: Will the Agency Model Survive?
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Old 05-18-2014, 09:02 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
I checked my #1-bestseller-in-genre example (Instinct by T. J. Jakes). Overnight Amazon raised the hardcover price by 46 cents to $15.46, with shipping still 3-5 weeks. Barnes & Noble charges more ($17.50) but marks it "usually ships within 24 hours . . . same day delivery in Manhattan."

Perhaps Sullivan is treated differently because of being paperback-first.

As for who to believe on the question of whether Hachette takes a month to ship orders, since Barnes & Noble can ship same day, and it's in the publisher's interest to ship quickly, I'm thinking the publisher is more credible on that.
Because B&N has the book in their warehouse and Amazon has to wait for the "timely delivery" of their order?
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