Tesco Shows How to Get Out of Ebooks Gracefully

When I was a publisher, we loved Tesco. It didn't sell a wide range of books, but if you could get one of yours on to its shelves, it sold in the tens of thousands. You could base your whole year's finances on getting one book on Tesco's list - and many did. At one point, we even mocked up a range of "Tesco Value" book jackets, complete with blue-and-white-striped livery. It was a bit grim, to be honest. They were desperate times for small publishers. Now, however, it's the retail giant which seems to have the adjective "struggling" permanently affixed to it.