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It's funny you mention bookstores, I was talking with my father about this the other day and he said he never goes into a bookstore specifically to buy a certain book. He goes in because he enjoys the experience of the bookstore and while he is there he will buy something if it interests him. I think a lot of people don't care much about the publisher or the supplier. They just want to browse the books and find something interesting.
I think publishers will use the time and resources they are not spending on the mechanics of printing to issue more books and they will try to build volume with things like ebooks and print on demand. And I think the bigger of the self-publishing sites will wind up self-regulating, with user ratings and reviews propelling the better books to the top of the list so people will find them.
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