Thread: Heard my first evil ebook commercial today
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Old 01-05-2010, 07:58 PM   #45
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
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Originally Posted by Solitaire1 View Post
I think the key to the survival of book stores is to: (1) add support for the current ebook technology, (2) maintain support for pbooks, (3) add an emphasis on the types of books that are not suitable for ebook readers, and (4) and to diversify into other related areas (such as portable music).

What I think is likely is that the local book store will not disappear. Rather, the number of them will reduce to a level that can be supported by the local economy. It could be that book stores will evolve into a regional type of store, with one store for a relatively large geographic area (such as one store that support three or four nearby towns/cities).
That's about the way it is already. The nearest B&N is slightly over six miles from my house (not too shabby!), but the nearest Border's is almost 27 miles.
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