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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
You misunderstood my big box store comment. I thought you might. Let me try to rephrase. Not big as in the size of the store, but big box as in the stores buy in large quantities to resell. Examples would be Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Academy, Best Buy. Pretty much, whether you are in Texas or Washington, you will find the same brands at cheaper prices than say your local stores.
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OK - so we do have many "big box" brands, typically supermarkets belong to one of a small number of brands. But since they don't get to discount books, they don't have any leverage on publishers and I don't think they get bulk prices for them (I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the "no discount" law for books only applies to final resellers; still, since the publisher knows the reseller will not be allowed to change the price, I don't think he'd have a strong incentive to sell in bulk at lower prices).