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Originally Posted by stephanievoid
Bookstores are killing themselves, but the publishing industry is contributing a few stabs.
They both are clinging to the way they operated in times past. In order to survive, they need to update their ways of doing everything. They must learn to make e-readers and wildly successful indie authors an ally.
Barnes and Noble probably has the best chance of doing this, since the Nook is pretty widespread.
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How do you propose that they make e-readers and the (very few) indie authors an ally, when one of the greatest advantages of the e-reader is that you don't have to go to the bookstore?
Also, bookstores biggest problem doesn't come from e-books (yet); it comes from Amazon, and to a lesser extent from supermarkets, etc. selling bestsellers.