Amazon has more selection with lower cost of entry for small players. With a near-infinite capacity of inventory, Amazon does not sell only books that people re

Amazon has more selection with lower cost of entry for small players. With a near-infinite capacity of inventory, Amazon does not sell only books that people read. Given the low cost of Amazon to host your book for sale, the odds of someone without significant traction getting "squeezed out" is much lower than a physical book store, where real-estate is much more valuable. Self-publishing is much easier and cheaper than the alternative. Amazon made available practically every book in print to its customers, but some continue to fetishize this non-existent egalitarian book store ideal.