Thread: Amazon vs. Hachette Update - It's About Price
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Old 08-23-2014, 12:42 PM   #587
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Nobody really thinks Amazon is still paying for all physical books up front (before the sale), do they? Perhaps maybe with publishers they currently have no contract with (ahem), but other than that ... I don't believe for a second that they're "buying" BPH pbooks in advance. The publishers are using Amazon's warehouses for mass pbook storage and then Amazon is evening up with them (based on sales) at a later date. Just like they do with ebooks (the "later date" part, not the "storing in warehouses" part).
Amazon has a warehouse a few miles away from Hachette's. I'm sure that's not a coincidence. It also doesn't explain the 3-4 week delivery "delays" to receive Hachette titles.
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