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‘The Goliath is Amazon’: after 100 years, Barnes & Noble wants to go back to its indie roots
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The Classic Decoder Question
This is the classic decoder question, which is how do you make decisions? What's your framework? You always make sure that it's going to work in the medium and long term. Nothing is done for short-term expediency. It always is it right for my booksellers because lots of decisions cannot be. And everything you do should be fair. I mean just literally hadn't taken a cent either of Wolfson's or Barnes and Noble from the day I joined. That completely then changes the nature of book selling.
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