Yeah, that's why I said "not as many"... I think there's a reduction, but it's not anywhere near a collapse. But more importantly, between Amazon, other online

Yeah, that's why I said "not as many"... I think there's a reduction, but it's not anywhere near a collapse. But more importantly, between Amazon, other online sellers (like Powell's), and e-books, this has lead to a big consolidation in brick-and-mortar bookstores, so there's only one national chain left (Barnes & Noble), plus some notable ones in certain localities (such as Strand in NYC, Powell's in Portland, etc.). But it's not like music where no one buys music at a local record store any more, except perhaps for some secondhand CD shops that may have survived near colleges. Or worse, software, where they just don't sell it in boxes any more AFAICT and everything is sold online.