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Are they? Will customers "pointed to the website" see indie authors... or will they only see the Big Pub authors who pay to get displayed up front, crowding indies into the back?
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Since the bookstore gets its cut of the profit regardless, I don't see why they wouldn't direct a customer who wanted a specific (indie) book that wasn't in stock to purchase that book from the website.
If you're asking whether customers are going to be directed to indie over NY when they're not looking for a specific book, I think that's another question entirely. I would think that a good bookstore employee would direct customers to books they think the customers would enjoy. That doesn't mean that's what happens in the real world, especially if the big publishers are paying stores to push certain books.