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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
There was one more thing the Publishers could have done - give them an agency contract! When the publishers went agency, it cancelled all existing contracts. The publishers took forever to negotiate new contracts with smaller sellers. For smaller sellers it was months without being able to sell a book by the big publishers. How long can a store last when it doesn't have what people want to buy?
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Thank you for mentioning that. I did forget about that. That's another reason why FW and BooksOnBoard failed.
The BPHs did kill off a lot of little shops with their agency conspiracy. And for that, they should never be allowed agency or any price higher than mass market.
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