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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Just as an example from another sales category, the coffee store that I've been using for the last 20 years or so closed it's store front about 15 years ago and has been operating purely as an internet store since then. You can actually order and drive down to the warehouse and pick your order up, but I always just have it delivered. The three main expenses for a store is real estate, labor and inventory. If you don't have to worry about customers stopping by, then real estate and labor go down a lot.
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The problem with having no store front for used books is that it makes it a lot harder to get books to sell. People aren't going to drive out to the boonies to see if you will buy a few of their used books, and it's not like there are wholesalers for used books.