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Originally Posted by issybird
Wishing B&N into the cornfield would only leave most places with no physical bookstore at all and that would be a colossal loss.
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It would be a colossal loss for those living close to a B&N but for the rest of us it would be a big shrug. B&N hardly blankets the country. Even adding in a couple thousand independent bookstores leaves vast swaths of the country with no physical bookstore nearby, now or ever.
Physical bookstores have never been all that abundant outside the big metro areas and before the chains started up in the 60's they were rare.