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There is no such thing as an independent book store any more. Books, like wine, are a mass commodity exploding at a dizzying rate across the world as more and more people are driving up demand for even the most obscure titles no matter where they are published.It is possible to find a little known Brazilian author in a remote shop in Goa as it is for the newest book about Harry Potter. Book club recommendations by national figures like Oprah and Dr Phil also cause sharp spikes in demand and both publishers and sellers have to be able to deal with this information overload. Not only bookstores but other auxiliary sellers and consumers of publishing data have to have a way to tap into this network for optimum efficiency – like libraries and medical and academic journals.
To facilitate this exchange of information between different vendors there has to be a common medium. By sharing common structures like XML, it becomes easier and less expensive for them to exchange informatio
