Thread: E-books in physical bookstores, even without internet
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Old 12-24-2009, 08:14 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by calvin-c View Post
There are 3 advantages, that I can think of, that a B&M bookstore has. First is advice, but that's pretty much hit or miss.
Yeah, pretty much. Mostly "miss." And that's spoken as someone who used to work at a bookstore.

Otherwise, just to be clear I'm not saying that "bookstores are a bad thing" or that "bookstores ought to go away." My position is that bookstores are almost certainly headed for the same fate as record stores and photo stores -- wide-spread closures, and the survivors will likely be specialty stores. This is partly due to online p-book sales. partly to e-book sales, partly due to big-box stores like Walmart and Target getting into what is left of the game.

Secondarily, I do not see how things like trying to sell ebooks in a brick & mortar store will be sufficient to reverse this cycle.
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