Sentences with phrase «most big box bookstores»

Despite the delaying tactics large publishers have been using to slow ebook growth, it's likely that in 2011 we'll see ebooks hit a tipping point where most big box bookstores will no longer be financially viable, and will close or move to smaller locations.

Not exact matches

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

They forgot about how the big box stores moved into the market in the 1980s and 1990s and drove most of the smaller, locally owned bookstores out of business.

It completely ignores the fact that most of the mom and pop bookstores in this country went the way of the dodo when the big box stores like Barnes & Noble and Borders entered the market.

Oh, wait, B&N and the other big box bookstores (most of whom are no longer in existence) put the majority of the indie stores out of business.

Indie bookstores are always on the lookout for new revenue sources and something that will differentiate them from the big - box stores, most of which still don't carry indie titles.