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To: Jack T. Pearson who wrote (34133)1/10/1999 6:59:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 

I understand what you are saying about buying a few books at a time, but other
companies have found it highly profitable to get product "just in time." They negotiate
price based on quarterly or annual volume. So I don't think Amazon pays the same price
for ten copies of a book that you would if you are a small book store.

Jack,

This is true. However, it costs the publisher in labor about the same to ship 1000 versus 10 books. There has to be higher fulfillment costs.

Glenn
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