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Baraka_Guru · 07-06-2009, 07:09 PM

Perhaps this is why these big chain bookstores have fallen away from relevancy as a good place to sell books to the reading public.

It's bad enough that publishers pretty much sell their products on consignment at these places. It's even worse when the returned stock comes back doggy-eared and with the spines cracked. It makes it more difficult to resell them to Wal-mart, Costco, Amazon, etc.

At this rate, patrons of these stores will only be able to leaf through bestsellers and potboilers. Perhaps that's what most of them want.

Hey, more room for scented candles and yoga mats. Yay!

07-06-2009, 07:09 PM	#29 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	From a small-press publisher's perspective.... Perhaps this is why these big chain bookstores have fallen away from relevancy as a good place to sell books to the reading public. It's bad enough that publishers pretty much sell their products on consignment at these places. It's even worse when the returned stock comes back doggy-eared and with the spines cracked. It makes it more difficult to resell them to Wal-mart, Costco, Amazon, etc. At this rate, patrons of these stores will only be able to leaf through bestsellers and potboilers. Perhaps that's what most of them want. Hey, more room for scented candles and yoga mats. Yay! __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 07-06-2009 at 07:11 PM..