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John Grisham Enters Price War Debate

Here's more from Grisham (pictured, via), from the article: "[The price] enables me to make a royalty, the publisher to make a profit and the bookstore to make a profit ... If a new book is worth $9, we have seriously devalued that book ... Full Article at mediabistro.com

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  3. Stephen King

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Related Quotes

  1. Truthfully it doesn’t affect me — in the short term ... But it’s a disaster in the long term.
    John Grisham – John Grisham SOURCE: MSNBC 1 month ago
  2. This price war is not the greatest development for Amazon ... But will it move the needle for these guys? No. The Kindle is the end game for the company.
    SOURCE: Time Magazine 1 month ago
  3. We sell tens of thousands of books under $5
    SOURCE: Dallas Morning News Business 1 month ago
  4. Those books are going to sell for less than what it took to make them
    SOURCE: Dallas Morning News Business 1 month ago
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