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cfrizz · 07-21-2011, 09:34 AM

I think you will see a drastic reduction of big book superstores and more specialty stores opening since ereaders can't do justice really to the large pictorial books.

I don't think paperbooks will ever totally go away, but I do think in time, ereaders will over take the format for novels thereby lessening the need for B&M stores.

As for Borders maintaining an online presence, I'm not sure. I just got an email yesterday telling me to act now to transfer my library over to Kobo, and to download Kobo's latest app to keep my library up to date. Why would that be necessary if they were going to maintain an online business.

07-21-2011, 09:34 AM	#3
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,571 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	I think you will see a drastic reduction of big book superstores and more specialty stores opening since ereaders can't do justice really to the large pictorial books. I don't think paperbooks will ever totally go away, but I do think in time, ereaders will over take the format for novels thereby lessening the need for B&M stores. As for Borders maintaining an online presence, I'm not sure. I just got an email yesterday telling me to act now to transfer my library over to Kobo, and to download Kobo's latest app to keep my library up to date. Why would that be necessary if they were going to maintain an online business. Last edited by cfrizz; 07-21-2011 at 09:36 AM.