Monday, 5 September 2011

Are Book stores a thing on the past?

I noticed yesterday that my favorite bookstore (and hang out for coffee) was condensing a lot smaller, having less books, smaller choices, less quality. I know the company has been having a lot of problems with going into liquidation, mainly because, even in NZ we can get books from international companies, shipped to us free, as a cost lower than buying them off the local store. So what happens mostly is that that people window shop at local stores, then order online. I wish I had a solution for local stores (maybe a local print option?) a reading shop -1 copy of each book to free read, not expecting to buy, with coffee shop included- then being able to order a book, have it printed there and then in the shop, have it "hot of the press" - dunno how this would work as far as payments etc

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