@pwalker8. A mere $15.7M dollars! If only. But you are right about Fictionwise. As I said agency probably didn't cause its demise. B&N did. What I expect happened is that B&N had plans for Fictionwise which it abandoned. What role agency played in B&N's decision I don't know. However, I do suspect that it probably played some role if B&N had been playing to grow the Fictionwise business, as a business based on discounting does seem to be in a little bit of trouble if it can no longer discount. Though as part of B&N it probably would have had better luck sourcing Big 5 ebooks than Books on Board did. However, B&N may well have abandoned its plans for Fictionwise well before agency.
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