Thread: The Wrong Goodbye of Barnes and Noble
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Old 01-13-2013, 09:28 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by Sregener View Post
If B&N does disappear, I think we'll see a lot more of those independent bookstores spring up.

But it is curious that the article concludes that because Amazon doesn't buy a title until it's sold, the publishers will give up printing the books to begin with. Nothing like concluding that because you're selling millions of copies, it's time to get out of the business altogether...

As for showrooming, I do that at the library.
If I am not mistaking. Microsoft just invested 500 million in BN. So don't plan on them going away anytime soon.
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