BOOKstore Economics
Planet Money
- Published
- April 10, 2026
- Duration
- 40:52
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 10, 2026
Discusses How do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may …
Summary
How do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a bookstore is a highly valuable and contested piece of commercial real estate. And for every new book that a bookstore decides to stock, there are thousands of others that did not make the cut. So how do bookstores make…
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How do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a bookstore is a highly valuable and contested piece of commercial real estate. And for every new book that a bookstore decides to stock, there are thousands of others that did not make the cut. So how do bookstores make those decisions? And how will the Planet Money book fare under the discerning eyes of the booksellers, the final gatekeepers in the long gaunt