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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Didn't you just fall into that same trap? You are spoiled for choices. Now let's see when choices are more limited, then:
Won't work in areas that don't have bookstores in the first place. The county I live in doesn't have a single dedicated bookstore. The only open to public book clubs are organized by and in the library. We only have one third of the population classified as living in urban areas, two thirds in rural. The whole US has 80% of the population living in urban areas that take up only 3% of the land. So who is in the majority? Ask random people, they will live in a major city. Travel the US randomly, and you are hard pressed to find a bookstore within close distance. My closest B&N is over 40 miles away. No thank you, too far.
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No, I didn't fall in the same trap. Look at what I actually said. I was specifically talking about bookstores and how they might attract customers. If you live in an area that doesn't have a bookstore, rather obviously nothing I said applies to your situation. If you live in a rural area with a low population density, then specialty stores are going to have to tough go.
Online shopping is a god send for rural areas. It's the same situation as catalog shopping pre-internet. The same dynamic for broadband internet services and for that matter cell phones. It's a totally different market.