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From: pattis@uw-june.UUCP (Richard Pattis)
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Subject: Re: book price at DC uniforum?
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Date: Fri, 1-May-87 12:32:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  1 12:32:35 1987
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Keywords: book price? overcharge?
Summary: why all bets are off

Publishers have gone to a new form of uniform pricing.  A book is sold to a
retailer at a fixed cost.  These retailers can sell the book for whatever
price they want, so the markup at a college bookstore is likely to be less
than someplace like B. Daltons (although I'm just using this one as a
hypothetical example).

I have had uniform bad experiences dealing directly with publishers to buy
books.  It's a much better strategy to cultivate a contact in some local
book store you frequent.

Rich