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Barnes and Nobles already have problems ...
In Canada, Chapters/Indigo are ok but they are selling candles and toys next to the Sherlock Holmes. Books have become pretty expensive: a new hardcover is a half day's wages after taxes (around $30) ... any surprise that a typical ebook, at $10 or less, is more attractive?
I grew up trolling bookstores ... but until the Kobo came out, it was some years since I had spent any serious money in Chapters/Indigo or its predecessors. Book are expensive and, in an age where television views with the Internet and Facebook for attention, it's little wonder paperbacks get short shrift. Given that ... yes, there will be fewer bookstores in 2012 than there were in 2010.
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