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LOGOS 96 DATELINE PORTLAND (An updating overview of changes in the US book scene in the last two years) Chain superstores grow unabated. They now account for slightly more than half of all book sales made through book- stores. At the same time, sales through non-traditional outlets such as low-cost price clubs or warehouses are also growing, and now approach a third of the dollar volume of the conventional retailers. This enormous growth of sales through kinds of merchants which hardly existed a dozen years ago has reduced the numbers of independent bookstores, notably in urban centers sufficiently large to support superstores. However, the rate of closures of independents has slowed in the past year. The sur- vivors are in many cases either stores carrying 80,000 to 150,000 titles — large enough to compete with superstores – or are themselves mini-chains. Fur- thermore, the US economy has been remarkably good for nearly nine years, providing an environment in which marginal operators can survive. The other big bookselling phenomenon, so new that it did not even merit mention in the LOGOS US issue of January, 1996, is the Internet bookseller. Amazon.com, the most famous name, was founded in Seattle
Logos – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1998
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