Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment...
by tzs on Friday March 12, 2021 @08:04AM
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> They are also an ebooks monopoly and control more than half of US book sales in general.
They have more than half of US book sales, but I wouldn't say they control half of US book sales. There are other large retail stores, such as Walmart and Target, that have large collections of books for sale that include the books that make up the vast majority of what the public buys. Oh, and Barnes and Noble is still around and they have a huge selection, too.
Walmart's in-store selection is pretty limited, but they have a big online selection, and it is not just the popular books. They go pretty far into books of very limited general appeal. For example, Walmart's "Gravity Science Books" section [1] is just full of things I can't imagine more than a handful of people worldwide wanting, even if you filter it down to just books sold by Walmart and covered by Walmart+ free shipping, rather than sold by third-party resellers through Walmart's marketplace.
They have more than half of US book sales, but I wouldn't say they control half of US book sales. There are other large retail stores, such as Walmart and Target, that have large collections of books for sale that include the books that make up the vast majority of what the public buys. Oh, and Barnes and Noble is still around and they have a huge selection, too.
Walmart's in-store selection is pretty limited, but they have a big online selection, and it is not just the popular books. They go pretty far into books of very limited general appeal. For example, Walmart's "Gravity Science Books" section [1] is just full of things I can't imagine more than a handful of people worldwide wanting, even if you filter it down to just books sold by Walmart and covered by Walmart+ free shipping, rather than sold by third-party resellers through Walmart's marketplace.
[1] https://www.walmart.com/browse/science-books/gravity-science...