Yep...we agree...
>John,
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>I think we agree, but my english is not perfect.
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>When I wrote drop, I meant exactly what you write, but maybe drop is the wrong word to describe my meaning. I meant to say that he would not empty his stock on the dumb, but sell what he has in stock until the stock reaches a 'critical' level where he will find it a better choice to dump the rest.
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>>If I did not misunderstand Whil's statement, he is not dropping the Fox books, he just is not going to add any new titles. There is a big difference!
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>>Tore,
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>>You can't "drop" existing books. From a management accounting standpoint, the costs are sunk - and therefore are irrelevant. The books that are printed have been paid for. You are not going to see new printings of existing books and you are not going to see new titles.
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>>IMO, you are trying to rationalize this into something that it is not. You are making the same argument that Tamar made on the wiki. Simply put, not adding new titles means Whil is dropping out of the Fox Book Market - period.