While large chain bookstores are going under at an alarming rate, there has been a surge of small, independent, and specialist bookstores. (authorsecret.com)
It is a curious response, particularly in the context of several recent large chain bookstore sales and bankruptcies in Europe — France's Chapitre and Weltbild's bankruptcy filing in Germany being the most recent and troubling — which suggests European stores are struggling having a difficult time selling enough of their own books. (publishingperspectives.com)
Since some reports note that up to 1,000,000 new titles are published EVERY YEAR (add that to everything that's already in print), the chances of any new self published title making its way onto the shelves of a physical, large chain bookstore (or library for that matter) are extremely slim... regardless of whether it does or does not have a spine title or proper bar code. (toughnickel.com)