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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
I skimmed the entire thread... this is surprising how? I'd say that Amazon's eating most of the retail industry's bread and butter so strongly that significant portions of it are facing questions about their long term survival. And the retail book industry, and to a certain extent, the "big 5" (or however many blobs their mergers and acquisitions activity has caused them to congeal into) publishers are having that issue.
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Aehm, no. If B&N goes under completely it would create opportunity for independent book stores. Amazon and independent book stores can coexist. B&N and Amazon? They do the same thing, except Amazon does it more cost efficient.