Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 08:46:54 -0400 From: dhiggins-AT-mhv.net (Dick Higgins) Subject: RE: new books from Autonomedia >>Why does a bookstore that carries books >>by Foucault, but not any of the Semiotext[e] titles by Foucault? Because they are easier for a harried bookstore employee to obtain and the discount to the store is, say, 45% while the discount the small press can offer is perhaps 30%. >>Since I am starting up a press, I guess I just want to know the politics of >>getting that product out there. If you can publish 20,000 copies and match thje trade publishers' discounts you can do it. If you can only do 1500 copies of a title, you cannot. Dick Higgins Dick Higgins ------------------------------------- Curious about my paintings? See my show on the Gallery pages of the Left Hand Books site-<http://www.lefthandbooks.com/lhb>. You can see "Double John," a portrait of Cage, and three others. You can order books or buy the paintings if you feel so inclined. And it's not the stuff you'll find in galleries or book superstores. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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