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Originally Posted by scrapking
Video game stores do make money on accessories, though, and I would expect the e-reader accessories to have much higher margins.
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It's "widely" known that Kobo is allowing higher margins on the accessories. Well, I saw the official PDF of 2012 accessories: the now-famous magnetic case - one for mini, one for glo; a zippered neoprene case; and a Kobo-branded AC charger which will do the mini or glo. Eh.
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The real cash cow for video game stores is in used games, and bookstores do have the option of dealing in used books.
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not if people stop buying new ones!
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Like I say, I don't expect this to be a huge money-maker for the independent bookstores.
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Several are convinced that this deal is negative cash flow, period.
To justify the expense, support, etc., I think any bookstore owner has to think about using this to solve old problems: getting warm bodies through the door; using web presence to sell their dead-tree wares through mail-order - both titles that are and aren't digitized. And more problems that I don't have a clue about, not being in business for myself.
And that's if a bookstore is specialty, which has a chance of surviving.
And if that bookstore isn't... the writing's been on the wall for some time, and this isn't going keep the lights on.