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# The Long Tail and the used book market
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/the-long-tail-and-the-used-book-market/
- Published: 2006-03-03T11:04:46.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T20:57:28.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books, Institutions

Work commissioned by the Book Industry Study Group reports that:

> “The real story is the dramatic growth of used trade books sold through on-line channels”, noted Jeff Hayes, Group Director for InfoTrends/CAP Ventures and principal analyst on the study. “Used books are becoming mainstream as the Internet provides transparency into the industry inventory and consumers become more comfortable buying them.” \[[Book Industry Study Group](https://www.bisg.org/news/press.php?pressid=29&ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

 “Transparency into the industry inventory”: this is the improved discovery experience I [discussed](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000949.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) as part of the aggregation of supply.  
Related entries:

- [Libraries, logistics and the long tail](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000949.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)
- [Closing the doors](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000817.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)
- [Selling books](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000692.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)