No, Bookshops mostly (all?) use computer POS and computer ordering. There is no point to wholesale now. Publishers are needed. Many of the wholesale don't deal with small publishers anyway.
Authors mostly have neither the time nor expertise to be publishers, so it's a totally invalid comparison.
Amazon largely cuts out the middlemen, the wholesale like Gardners, yet Bookshop.org gives a cut to Gardners. That makes no sense.
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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Everything in between has to justify its value.
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What value does a big wholesaler add now? They often don't even stock. With computer ISBN catalogues it's just as easy for a local book shop to order from a publisher or for Bookshop.org to order from the Publisher.
Nielsen actually offers a free service for Bookshops and Publishers.
https://www.nielsenisbnstore.com/Home/EnhancedServices