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Somewhere I read about the possibility of having kiosks where one could download ebooks into your ereader or onto a card that you brought with you. Maybe this would solve the problem - those who like to browse bookstores could do so, then go to the kiosk and download it, while those who really want a physical copy could buy it in the traditional way. I know many people who either don't have a computer or are not very computer/internet savy and, as someone else said, they don't even think of going online to search out sources for their books.

Personally, I prefer to go online, but you never know what you want until you find it, and bookstores are good places to find books that you might never have thought of trying until you see them on the shelf!