Until this year, John had served on the board of directors of his brother s company, but he withdrew when they acquired SpeedServe, seeing it as a possible conflict of interest. Now, here s where it gets really twisty. All the storm and fury does confirm one truth. The future for book distribution lies online. All book titles are equal in a catalog.
Virtual stores emphasize vast virtual inventories.
Customers tend to turn to the Net particularly for its promise to have anything and everything. It also explains the potential that analysts see in on-demand printing services, where a book stays digital until an order arrives for it. However, the forces for disintermediation on the Net continue to press. When it comes to e-commerce, like Al Jolson used to say, You ain t seen nothin yet. Some experts predicted it might take considerably longer up to 6 months but most experts expected the government to approve the sale in the end.