I remember that the comic book industry got a huge lift from comic book shops -- because the shops, unlike drugstores and bookstores, didn't do returns.
I've always wondered why bookstores work by one method and comic book shops by another. THe comic shop used to get a benefit by keeping the old books and marking them up; new readers had to pay the mark-up for back issues, because they were out of print and impossible to get otherwise. But now that graphic novels are widely available -- not only in bookstores, but on places like Amazon -- I'm not sure if that draw is still there.
Perhaps there's an answer to this conundrum later on. I'll keep reading. :D
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Date: 2004-08-05 08:40 am (UTC)I've always wondered why bookstores work by one method and comic book shops by another. THe comic shop used to get a benefit by keeping the old books and marking them up; new readers had to pay the mark-up for back issues, because they were out of print and impossible to get otherwise. But now that graphic novels are widely available -- not only in bookstores, but on places like Amazon -- I'm not sure if that draw is still there.
Perhaps there's an answer to this conundrum later on. I'll keep reading. :D