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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Apple and B&N probably, maybe Kobo, Google(?). Big publishers for the most part aren't that used to thinking of small bookstores (or individuals) as customers in that way. Their main customers are big stores that buy enough to go direct and distributors like Baker & Taylor and Ingram (where the other stores get their stuff) so places like Diesel and BoB weren't likely high on their list of things to do individually. Although I'm not sure if Diesel & BoB, etc would need a contact with each pub or if that would be handled through agreements with their distributors (OverDrive, Ingram/Lightning Source, etc.) It took OmniLit/AllRomance a long time to build their catalog back up and I'm not sure if they ever got back to having all big publisher titles or not.
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Maybe they thought the smaller retailers had enough epub stock built up that they would be alright for a while?
I say that jokingly, but who knows.