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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I was thinking of Toys-r-us, but yes...
Bookstores are in a similar bind: Walmart and the pharmacies kill them on recent releases, Amazon on backlist.
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TRU is in the same boat as BAM and BN. They carry a niche product that other retailers (Wal-Mart in particular) also carry. WM likely has a better price and is a more convenient source for the consumer. Although a creator of
belles lettres like Douglas Preston, Esq. (snark) would disagree, WM is far more destructive to B&M bookstores (more snark) like BAM or BN than Amazon could ever be.
The reasons indie book shops are not so affected and are actually increasing in number? I can think of two:
1) They have a variety of books, not primarily BPH pap and
2) they generally have clerks that actually know books and might possibly offer intelligent recommendations.