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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
Ah, another doomsday for p-books thread.  |
I don't think that it is. I think it is a discussion of how e-books will share space with DTB.
I agree that there will be a continued decline in the independent book store in the near future. As the large chain stores start changing their marketing and sales pitch (more games, DVD's, toys, and some books) the space for the independent book seller will start to open up. I almost think that the first step will be Used Book Stores that end up sharing space with new books. I think the two can share space pretty easily. The new books would be the hard backs and paper backs as they are released. They hold off on selling the used versions for a couple of months, to encourage new book sales, and then cut back on the number of new books that they order and bring out the used version of the book.
There is always going to be a place for paper books, the storefront is going to change.