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It isn't *THE* bookstore's last stand. It is *A* bookstore's last stand. Borders and Barnes and Noble are dinosaurs. Some people forget that there were bookstores before these two big box stores existed. Borders is gone, and if Barnes and Noble follows them, there will be more room for the independent bookstores to thrive again.
Paper books are still going to be around, if at a smaller share of the market. It may not be a big enough share to sustain the big box stores, but it may be able to sustain the smaller independent stores, which can specialize and adapt to their local market, instead of trying to be all things to all people. I buy my science fiction books at my local Science Fiction bookstore, Uncle Hugo's.
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