> no obvious signs of corporate guilt at having driven countless independent bookstores to oblivion http://bookweb.org/for-the-record http://bookweb.org/for-th

> no obvious signs of corporate guilt at having driven countless independent bookstores to oblivion http://bookweb.org/for-the-record http://bookweb.org/for-the-record Barnes and Noble got driven out of business because they tried to be Amazon with store space. Right now it's hard to improve on Amazon's supply chain. Independent bookstores that add value (carefully curated books, signing events, an educated staff) are doing well. They just have to put effort into it so they can make money. This is not a case of predatory licensing, it's about adding value. Independent bookstores that are just a crappy offline version of Amazon with no differentiation are getting their lunches eaten, since they just don't add any value.