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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rgard" data-source="post: 2405747" data-attributes="member: 4157">We need to look at how the print industry works.  Let's start with this:1.  The publishers have to print x number copies of a given title in order to break even.  A greater number than x is needed in order to make a profit.2.  Distributors place orders in advance for the title (and possibly the large bookstore chains.)  The publisher uses these pre-order numbers plus past sales history in order to determine whether they publish the title.3.  Distributors sell to FLGSs and some sell on line directly to individuals.  Not sure about borders and the like, but they may buy directly from the publisher.4.  Take the FLGSs out of the equation and the publisher loses a large number of sales that would have been used to justify publishing the title (the distributor now has no customers and doesn't order the title and files for Chapter 13.)Publishers would be able to stay in business if they could be reasonably confident that the direct sales, internet distributors and Borders sales could sustain them.  They could lose it all on one title that the above didn't decide to buy.Take the FLGSs out of the equation and you change everybody else's business model.  That kind of change will destroy some of the smaller publishers at minimum and I suspect many of the larger ones as well.Thanks,RichMy edit:  I didn't like how my first line sounded so I changed it.</blockquote>