What If You Ran Your Bookstore Like a Library? The Troubled Book Business Can Learn from Libraries' Willingness to Share

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Main Author:	Fister, Barbara
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2008
Subjects:	Books Retailing Publishing Industry Libraries Library Services Sharing Behavior
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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