Sorry, folks, this exchange should have been backchannel.
At 07:15 PM 6/11/2008, you wrote:
>Yeahm, they can get copies through SPD, but very very little comes
>back to the press. I'm beginning to think of leaving them
>altogether. The customers I've lost to them--all of my major
>customers--would almost certainly come back to me. The economics of
>the industry become more and more dire. Consider this--Amazon
>demands a 55% discount, and SPD and I split the difference, less my
>shelving costs and shipping. Which means I lose money on each copy
>sold that way. It looks like the all-digital future approaches
>faster than we expected.
>
>Long and short, I don't tell people to order from SPD and neither
>should you. Most folks can wait a couple of months.
>
>The books will go out by Monday.
>
>Mark
>
>At 07:03 PM 6/11/2008, you wrote:
>>Hi Mark:
>>
>> Sounds like a good trip coming up. I saw Sound-Eye list - which
>> shd be again fun.
>>
>> I will be able to pay up with you soon on the remaining invoice
>> for Walking Theory. I will also want to order and pay for 25 more
>> copies before you get out of town. So, if you can ship 25 that would be nice.
>>
>> I assume people can still get books through SPT?? Your note might
>> imply not(>>)
>>
>> Pat Reed's review of Walking Theory in the forthcoming Crayon shd
>> be out early this summer. Jill Jones' review in Jacket is planned for the Fall.
>>
>> Be well, Stephen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Junction Press (c'est
>>moi) will be away from Its desk from June 28th
>>to October Ist. Last chance to order before then is June 16 (Monday).
>>Check the catalogue at junctionpress.com, but order direct by
>>backchannel for the usual 20% discount.
>>
>>Mark
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