[pagansoul]

I remember a VHS rental store in my hometown. It closed down due to Blockbuster-type franchises. Now those same Blockbuster-type stores are changing to digital rental/membership stores or closing down themselves. I believe they can't compete against the 1$ Redbox type rentals. Yes, the old-type bookstores will go away. Only a few 'Rare Book' speciality stores will remain and discount resellers/pawn who will not only sell books but CDs and DVD used.

Just because you have fond memories of something is no reason to keep it going if it can't pay for itself. The only exceptions are Libraries and Museums who don't expect to make money on their services and survive through funding. It's sad but life marches on. I don't think the movie theatre has long either with everyone getting home theatres. Maybe a few big special theatres like 'Radio City' and not those 12 plexes they built 15 years ago. I think a lot of malls will be closing also, they just built too many and now they can't find people to rent the space. In Georgia I see a lot of empty stores and this didn't just happen. The Walmarts, Targets, Costco, Home Depot, Carmax are eating away at the small dealers, small stores. I also remember a lot of 'craft' shops a while back, they seem to be thinning out also.

I'm one of those people with a home theatre, a Macpro with 4TB of Hardrive space and another in backups. I have a huge DVD collection (over 2 thousand) and a large CD collection (all ripped into my iTunes). The only time I buy a book is if it's a picture book or magazine. I buy online as much/often as I buy at a store.