You make a very good point: Starbucks (and similar coffee shops) is a good place to read! Starbucks is already a major seller of cd's, so why not books (or, better, ebooks from a kiosk)? Moreover, two of the biggest booksellers in the US today are not bookstores at all: Costco and Walmart are general purpose stores that also sell cd's and blenders and tires and lots of food! That surely tells us that the bookseller as we have known it is changing!
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