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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
I also remember the small stores lost their contracts with agency publishers so agency books couldn't be sold there for a few months or so. It's very difficult to stay in business if you can't sell popular books.
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You remember correctly.
Apple had a prenegotiated contract the day Agency was announced.
Amazon was strong-armed into signing within a couple of months.
But the smaller players weren't high on the BPHs priorities list and spent up to 6 months without access to their titles. Afterwards, they had no unique way to promote the titles to their customers and ex-customers. The Agency straitjacket left no room for creative marketting.