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Originally Posted by darryl
To us, perhaps. But according to this 2016 article. |
I frankly don't believe the casually tossed out "30% of all sales" stat they're touting. Clearly define "
all sales" and "
some publishers" and I'll listen. *shrug*
The linked New Republic article also has a problem with tense. It should have been, "Book sales
WERE driven by showrooming," not "Booksales
are..." It's that exact kind of clinging to stale business paradigms by B&N management that has them on the ropes in the first place.
Not to say that Amazon won't cash in on B&N's failure ... why shouldn't they after all? I just believe that the current relevance/impact of B&N's B&M business is being overstated.