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ARE people really using independent bookstores as showrooms for Amazon? Barnes and Noble, sure. I'd have to see some evidence that this is going on to any significant extent at independent bookstores.
If Barnes and Noble goes under, it will take pressure off the independent bookstores. As paper books take up a smaller share of the market, independent bookstores will be better positioned to meet that market share than big box stores.
I buy my science fiction books at Uncle Hugo, a science fiction bookstore in Minneapolis. A friend of mine went in there lookiing for a book. He didn't know the author, and didn't know the title. He only had a vague description of the book. The staff had the book in his hand in about one minute.
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