I agree that we have lost many small book stores because of this and I wish this had not happened. (bookbrowse.com)
Large bookstore chains started to rule the inner cities and small book stores started dying since they lost their bread - and - butter business. (blog.literarily-starved.com)
In addition to protecting the book as a cultural good, it is also meant to protect smaller book stores from being outcompeted by large chains offering big discounts. (indiesgogerman.com)