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Originally Posted by Tamara
I guess Barnes & Noble was not paying attention when they closed the B&N in our town.
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Large multiples closing physical stores cannot be taken as a sign of their businesses declining. Shutting stores is part of maximising profits.
This, from
Bookseller.com suggests that fiction pbook sales through stores increased last year, though other genres declined - but looking at what declined, travel books, maps, atlases, I suspect that's got nothing to do with ebook growth.