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.
Not exact matches
Libraries,
bookstores, gift shops,
Big Box chains, Apple... do you really want to wager your book's future and ignore every
other retail option?
From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with
big box and online
bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the
other way and let digital reading burn itself out.
Not too long ago there was serious speculation that Barnes & Noble might follow Borders and
other big -
box bookstores into the dust bin of history.
Physical
bookstore distribution nearly assured, in addition to
other physical retail opportunities (
big -
box, specialty).
Their customers include libraries (school libraries, university libraries, public libraries, professional and technical libraries, special libraries, etc.), and
other institutions, and they distribute to book retailers of all stripes, from wholesale clubs to
big -
box stores and specialty shops to independent
bookstores and online retailers.
«The good news is that even though Apple, Netflix, Amazon, eBay, and
other online giants killed record stores and video rental shops and are in the process of doing the same to electronics and
bookstore big boxes, e-commerce will never replace the brick - and - mortar shopping experience,» says Sean Glickman, CCIM, managing director of Glickman Retail Group in Maitland, Fla..