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lederhosen ([personal profile] lederhosen) wrote2007-08-10 03:03 am

Angus & Robertson: pioneers of the book trade!

Via [livejournal.com profile] stephen_dedman: most businesses work on the assumption that money flows in one direction when goods or services flow in the other. In the book industry, Publisher might pass a book on to Bookshop, who passes it on to Customer, and meanwhile Customer passes money to Bookshop, who passes some of it back to Publisher.

The clever folk at Angus and Robertson (who are, at least nominally, a bookshop) are attempting to pioneer a brave new business model in which the publisher sends them books and money, which makes a lot of sense as it would obviously boost their profit margins no end. Sadly, the publishing end of the industry is not quite ready to embrace this new paradigm.

[identity profile] lederhosen.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm reliably informed that the reviewers call those "vampire shaggers"...

On a completely unrelated note, apparently the Angus & Robertson's in Belconnen mall doesn't stock any Terry Pratchett books because someone once stole their entire collection in one go.

Maybe they need to start running cafes or something, because they don't seem to have much of a grip on the book trade. I've been getting less and less joy out of A&R over the last few years, and this incident says a lot about why :-)