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Robert J. Sawyer's FlashForward has this scene set in the future where Chapters (a major Canadian bookstore chain) has co-evolved with Starbucks so that it's basically this glorified café where people sit and relax and chat while they wait for their customized print-on-demand copies to be produced and wrapped up.
Maybe future bookstores will have a similar niche, e-book-wise.
Something like what people are said to already do at B&N to the detriment of sales: sit and drink stuff while they peruse the books and magazines.
The stores would basically be a comfy browse and select experience, allowing you to flip through the physical books at your leisure (get a better view than the 10% or so of the first chunk that regular sampling allows now) and then click to buy an e-book version of anything you decide you like and maybe even transfer it to your reader in-store.
Like movie theatres with their concession stands, a big chunk of the income would probably be from the drinks and snacks, plus accessories for the various readers and various gift items (including deluxe collectible print copies).
The stores could keep a much broader range of material on hand if they only need one or two copies for people to do the try-before-buy thing instead of needing to move each and every one. And possibly offer special coupons and discounts to customers who take the time to visit and buy in-store rather than online, like B&N used to do with some of their Nook promos this summer.
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