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Local independent book stores may and probably will survive as kind of small specialty shops selling books, that you can feel, hold, browse, etc., in a small but possibly vibrant niche market and I don't see anything wrong with that. I assume, that is how most independent bookshops got there start, in the first place. Now, they have an opportunity to survive without the threat of the "big box super store" hovering over them.

Internet buying and e-books time has come. I don't see either going away in the near future because they both offer advantages over the "old" way of buying books, but the "old" way of buying books has it's merits as well and that is why I think it will survive and why I think independent books shops will be the choice for those who will want the feel and smell of books going forward.

While I don't see this as necessarily, as a renaissance for independents, I do think it is an opportunity for their survival and possible reemergence over time.