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Who (and Where) Buys Books?

Who (and Where) Buys Books?

A Look at the Top Sheet

Anne Trubek
Sep 04, 2023
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“Who buys Belt books?” is a question I’m often asked. There are different ways to answer this. Most of our books are purchased wholesale through our distributor by vendors, who then sell them at retail to customers.1 But which accounts buy the most wholesale units? The answer can be found in our “Top Sheet”, as in this example from our distributor, Ingram.

On Belt’s Top Sheet for 2023 thus far, the top publishers accounts, in descending order, are:

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