Frankly Speaking: The Publisher-Retailer Tug-of-War
The whole book infrastructure must be reinvented. Who will give first?
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Frank Romano
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At the same time, the seeds were sown for book superstores. It was not so much their extensive inventory that was a concern, but their discounting. Books are sold to the retailer at a 40-percent discount, and it is hard to exist on margins lower than that. So when Barnes & Noble came to town, the 15-year run of our mystery novel bookstore came to an end, and some of the family went to work for B&N. The American Booksellers Association (ABA) had just sent us a letter congratulating us on reaching 15 years. It was bittersweet. Borders and Books-A-Million became familiar at shopping malls and as large, free-standing stores.
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Frank Romano is Professor Emeritus at RIT School of Media Sciences.
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