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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
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.
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One way they could do that is by approaching indie authors who sell well and offering to sell print copies of their books in stores. Not everyone has an e-reader yet, and if a bookstore could corner the market on print copies of some of the bestselling indie authors, it would help them stay afloat because they'd have something the supermarkets don't have. I (and many others) still like to browse bookstores, and that is something Amazon can't really offer yet.
... that's just an idea; might not even work.