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Originally Posted by nekokami
Kobo seems to be pretty aggressively marketing eBooks, so that might help Borders quite a bit.
I'm personally more worried about the small independent local book stores. I suppose they could focus their physical inventory on local interest books if they could get an inexpensive kiosk/wifi solution. (I still like my "book café/teashop idea, though-- focus on user communities and events.)
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Unfortunately around here those bookshops are already gone. Between the big chain book stores, internet sales and Wal-Mart they are long gone. In Wayne County Indiana there are is only one book shop, that of a smaller chain called Hastings. Only about 30-40% of Hastings floor space is devoted to books, the rest is split between movies and music. That was one aspect of Eastern Indiana I didn't pay too much attention to before I moved here, the dearth of book shops.