Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 14:20:01 -0500 From: dmandl-AT-panix.com (David Mandl) Subject: Re: RE: new books from Autonomedia At 12:35 PM 12/24/96, AERIALEDGE-AT-aol.com wrote: >THE >small press US distributor in the 80s was Inland in Ct. which went bankrupt a >few years ago leaving a lot of presses hurting. That bankruptcy was partly >due to the squeeze on independents from the chains. I agree with your major points, but the above is not completely true. If I remember correctly, Inland's trouble was mainly due to the fact that they hired some fast-talking swindler to come in and run the company. He proceeded to rob them blind (and is prison now, I believe). When the smoke cleared, we (Autonomedia) had lost a nice little chunk of change. I'm sure a bunch of other publishers got hurt too. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Inland found some way to pay off their debts to their bigger and more powerful customers, and there's the rub. --Dave. -- Dave Mandl dmandl-AT-panix.com davem-AT-wfmu.org http://www.wfmu.org/~davem --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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