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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 9151843" data-attributes="member: 19857">^ This.Hasbro is interested in playing with the big boys. They have a history of direct partnerships with both Target and WalMart. They distribute directly to Amazon. They don't actually need to work with a distributor for the big stores because they're already their own distributor. Not sure about B&amp;N, but I know that Books-a-million at least worked with Diamond/Alliance in the past and may continue to do so. Also I suspect though that if B&amp;N and Books-a-million (and any other big bookstore chains that still exist - are there any?) want to keep D&amp;D product on their shelves and want to buy in volume, Hasbro will be more than happy to set up a deal with them and keep the percentage that Penguin was taking.But this is about Hasbro feeling like they don't need Penguin as a partner anymore. There's no way they're cutting them off and losing money from it - the only way they're ending that partnership is if they think there's more money in it for them to make those sales themselves or through different distribution partners.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 9151843, member: 19857"] ^ This. Hasbro is interested in playing with the big boys. They have a history of direct partnerships with both Target and WalMart. They distribute directly to Amazon. They don't actually need to work with a distributor for the big stores because they're already their own distributor. Not sure about B&N, but I know that Books-a-million at least worked with Diamond/Alliance in the past and may continue to do so. Also I suspect though that if B&N and Books-a-million (and any other big bookstore chains that still exist - are there any?) want to keep D&D product on their shelves and want to buy in volume, Hasbro will be more than happy to set up a deal with them and keep the percentage that Penguin was taking. But this is about Hasbro feeling like they don't need Penguin as a partner anymore. There's no way they're cutting them off and losing money from it - the only way they're ending that partnership is if they think there's more money in it for them to make those sales themselves or through different distribution partners. [/QUOTE]

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