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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I posted something like this in a different thread. I would suggest that it's more likely that the books store of the future will be an expanded Starbuck, i.e. a coffee house, that has space for book clubs to meet, internet connections plus perhaps some terminals, a showroom with ebook readers and a section for coffee table type books.
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Maybe the concept should be expanded to include video and a Facebook type link. You could run a video conference for your bookclub, have a roundtable discussion, etc. A lot of people still don't have the video links or bandwidth. The round table could be virtual. Anyway, There'd be video to the front help desk (although that might be off centralized somewhere), anywhere. Just have to add a camera to the setup.
And maybe an area with say beanbags and these video setups on poles or pivots, for kids or teenagers.
The same setup would make it pretty easy to sell records (MP3s) or videos.
And I'd have a certain amount of printed books physically there, these stores would be somewhat transitional (and what would look good on a big LCD screen might still not be practical on a small 6-inch e-Ink reader), so for coffee books and art books and such, you'd still be printed. I'm not sure if print on demand would be technologically viable, especially in color, but maybe at the bigger stores. CD-on-demand might be easier. Blu-Ray on demand would be close, maybe with a little work. Maybe poster on Demand (you'd want to have a lot of physical posters on the walls, along with the big LCD screens selling the books).