Do they have to go directly to the publisher, or are their wholesale book firms out there?
Do they have to go directly to the publisher, or are their wholesale book firms out there?
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apparently waterstones gets ordered books from wholesalers, and stock for the shops from the publisher directly....
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
Mostly wholesalers, my brother used to work at Bookpoint, a wholesaler. The amount of free books he used to get was insane![]()
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Nah, they all lend books to one another, but when there's queues of people outside of waterstones wanting to withdraw the latest harry potter novel then they get all the libraries to bail them out. It's all a house of cards really.
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Both,
Publishers like Penguin will sell direct to bookshops, but smaller publishers will only be able to sell via wholesalers.
Smaller bookshops might just order everything through the wholesaler (who will also stock penguin) to keep things easy.
There might also be a difference between books bought for stock or in advance, and books bought as a customer order, where delivery time is more important.
When I worked (briefly) at Waterstones, I was unpacking boxes of books that seemed to come from publishers, but it was stock specifically for a sale, rather than the usual stock for the shelves. When I worked (even more briefly) in a small independent bookshop they ordered everything from two or three wholesalers, the "cheapest one" for stock, the "quick one" for customer orders and the "other one" for anything the first two couldn't get.
They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.
Don't suppose you remember the name of the wholesalers do you? Long shot I know, but I'd like to get hold of pricing details at wholesale....
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