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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

True enough. But do you think the slow death of print media might be the bigger hurdle? How do you inspire a generation of potential readers, who were weaned on digital media, to suddenly shift gears and start collecting printed comics? I live near a LCS that does not carry any back issues. Until most recently, I'd never encountered anything like this. The owner told me there was no profit in having back issues. When I asked what he does with weekly-books that don't sell, he simply told me that he ships them back. Back to where, Diamond? I know next to nothing about the business-side of LCS, but that sounds like a losing proposition...

Yes, back to Diamond. Not whole books either. You strip the covers to prove the book isn't going to be sold and send the stripped covers back to Diamond for a refund. There's occasionally incentive to order more than you would based on normal orders because they'll guarantee overstock as returnable. This is usually on a big push issue like a #1. I worked at my LCS through grad school and that's standard operating procedure.

Print vs digital issue though is a different matter entirely than the amount of titles being published.