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Originally Posted by dickloraine
The system in germany is not that publishers send the books to the retailer. There is an intermediate party involved, that stores most books and then get them to the stores. The reatiler doesn't order at the publisher, but at his supplier. The supplier of course gets a cut on the profit. If you order a book not available at the supplier, you need to wait long here too, until the publisher himself fullfills the order.
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Well, that applies in the US, too.
Except that some retailers *are* their own distributor and get way better terms than the smaller chains.
And one particular retailer has more different books in stock than any distributor and all the publishers combined. (Used books)
Question: do German retailers get to return unsold books for full credit?