Why Won’t My Publisher Give Me A List Of All The Retailers Selling My Book?

My publisher can’t give me that list (??) and said it’s a bad idea anyway. What do you think is going on?
My publisher can’t give me that list (??) and said it’s a bad idea anyway. What do you think is going on?
“I spend far too much time reading text on a computer screen for work to want to read more of it from a pleasure book. Frankly, when I travel by air, I almost never see an E-reader in anyone’s lap — I see both hard copy and paperback books…”
There IS a way to produce high-quality, accurate, beautiful ebooks but it requires special software and some expertise.
“What sells better in stores? Paperbacks or hardcovers? And, do those sell better than ebooks?”