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Morioka Shoten

66 points · 20 comments · skogstokig

  1. decimalenough · · focus · HN ↗
    The economics of this fascinate me. There is absolutely no way selling paper copies of a single book (even/especially if it changes daily: what happens to unsold stock?) can cover the costs of ground floor retail store rental in the Ginza plus apparently engaging boutique branding agencies to do in depth explorations of a logo complete with a custom typeface.

    For reference, a standard bunko paperback in Japan costs on the order of ¥600 (US$4), maybe 2-3x that if you splash out on the hardcover.

    1. ShinyLeftPad · · focus · HN ↗
      It changes every six days as the article says
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