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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Right, that's too high. Booksellers need to find a way to cut costs. Perhaps that means only putting sample copies on shelves, and then printing a customer copy on demand when they go to checkout. This would allow them to carry more titles with less storage space.
In any case, ebooks eliminate this problem. And can even eliminate the retailer completely if they don't get with the program.
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maybe for ruaral stores, but the Barnes and nobles I go to in NYC are always packed, and the rent is high, and even though they are ALWAYS packed, ive seen a few fail and close up shop. I don't think there is any other way. you cant make them smaller
40% is not high for a retailer. especially in books. and I dobut they sell them all the time for full sticker, so most of the time less than that, by 10-30%
for Ebooks, the retailer cut shouldn't be so High, but I still think it should be atleast 20%-30% due to the fact they have to advertise too, the more they can advertise, the more people will come, the more people will buy ereaders, and the more people will buy books.