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I think there is a parallel to music stores with all this. When I was growing up, music stores were all over the place. That was one of the few places you could go to get a record or a cassette tape. Department stores sold music too, but in limited quantities. Those were the days of tangible music collections; the record, the cassette, and then the CD. Now CDs are sold at three places: Online stores, a FEW specialty music stores, and department stores.
This seems to be happening to books too. Walmart, Target, etc. entered the book selling business. Online stores were already in place. And the brick and mortar stores seem to be disappearing. I think that if a brick and mortar store doesn't sell MORE than just books, their days are numbered. Book stores are going to be as rare as music stores, in my opinion.
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