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Bricks-and-mortar: Bookselling and supermarket philosophy
Ryan, Simon Been, Carly
Ryan, Simon
Been, Carly
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The closure of Australia's most iconic and prolific bookselling chain, Angus & Robertson, reduced access to bricks-and-mortar bookstores for many readers. This paper examines the attempted importation of supermarket retail strategies into the relationship between the A&R group and publishers. The Tower Books affair began as a demand to publishers from the retailer for up-front fees for their product to be stocked. This caused a public controversy which counterposed commercial power with 'soft' cultural power.
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2013
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International Journal of the Book
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10
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2
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55-66
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School of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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