Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It

Courtesy NYT > Your Money  Mon, 12/29/2008 - 12:57

Book publishers and booksellers are faltering. But don’t blame the recession — it’s all the fault of the Internet used books market.


 

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Both are going to have to become more creative in their efforts to reach the people who buy traditional books via non-traditional means. This may be somewhat simplier for the publisher, but I think the brick and motar stores may have difficulty.

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