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Originally Posted by murraypaul
How many people still occasionally go to the bookstore, but don't find anything of interest?
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I give.
What *do* they do then?
Go to Independent stores, online, or to Netflix? How many gave up on books but might come back?
That's the question: will they trade binging for reading or trade Non-chain or online for new, improved B&N?
Consider this:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...hing-industry/
Flat as a board.
Those are grosses, and trade publishing is at most half that, equally flat.
Population has grown 20-25% but sales haven't, despites price hikes.
That's what has me wondering.
Everybody wants a strong B&N but...
How much does publishing gain from a B&N revival if the netflix folks don't come back? Turning B&N into a chain of hyperlocal independents with the support of an efficient purchasing backbone would be great for B&N but will the sales come from netflix or non-chain stores?
How do you turn bingers to readers?
Can it be done?
No idea here.