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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Physical bookstores are a dying breed. I've never even been in a B&N store and doubt I ever will. The last time I was in a bookstore was in the 90's.
For me: internet + ebooks = bye bye bookstore
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I am one of those who enjoys the reality of a bookstore, I think they will be around a lot longer than other media formats such as DVD, Blue ray, CD's etc. which will all be digitally streamed instead of purchased in physical form.
I am in the B&N near me all the time and the place is packed, I mean parking lot usually 75% filled any weekend day of the year and busy until closing. How they can have financial issues is beyond me, or could it just be incompetence.
I think books are such an old medium that they will be that last to fade away and it will be a long time before paper books disappear. I am just hoping it is college textbooks that go first as I have 2 kids entering college in the next few years
