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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Amazon.com, B&N.com, Kobo.com, Sony.com, ...
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Walmart, Target, K-Mart, Walgreens, CVS...
The BPHs have built their current business on the twin pillars of high-profile "NYT Bestsellers" and volume discounts.
The "bestsellers" don't need bookstores to move. Department stores and drug stores can move them just as effectively.
The rest of the catalog, low-volume and "slow-moving" compared to the cash cows, are best suited for online sales.
What remains is indeed a specialty, "kiosk"-style business.
B. Dalton would be king today if "somebody" hadn't bought them out to kill them.
As is, Gamestop could easily fill the void if B&N were to fully implode.
(Not that they will. Not yet.)