Inside the Publishing Industry with Planet Money

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Planet Money explores how economic forces influence bookstore choices through their book's publishing journey.

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Audio will be available later today. Our Planet Money team has gotten an inside peek at the publishing industry as they follow the journey of their book. They explain how economic forces shape what choices a bookstore makes.

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