[rescue] I'm a published author 8-)

[Jody Stephens]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:01:08PM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> >> Borders, Barnes&Noble, etc. probably get a 60% discount from the
> >> publishers, but I don't know that for a fact.
> >
> >Probably closer to ~%47 or so (depending on quantity), we get
> >%46 flat out on the trades from Harper.
> 
> What some do is to set up a dummy wholesaler, who then gets 55-60% off.

Interesting.

> 
> >Although we (American Booksellers Association, I think one of
> >our GM's is chairman) were just in a big lawsuit (that we
> >won... dubious comfort) arguing that the publishers were
> >giving the chains better discounts.
> 
> They do.  They might lie about it, but they do.

And the best part... The settlement doesn't even cover the 
lawyer's expenses.

> 
> Scary to hear about the margins.  Used to be that margins were about 7%.

Yeah, if I remember the pretty pictures from the last financial
meeting I went to, we started hemmoraghing money ~94-95, 
before then the store was actually rather profitable (and 
had better benifits).

> 
> Cordially
> --
> Patrick Giagnocavo
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