B&N have been doing a good job not only selling their e-reader, but bringing the nook readers into the store by various promotions (show your nook and get a fre

B&N have been doing a good job not only selling their e-reader, but bringing the nook readers into the store by various promotions (show your nook and get a free book, show your nook and get free coffee) and the ability to browse any e-book on your nook while physically in the store. Clearly a lot of thought has gone into the nook in-store experience. So I can see how bookstores could survive as essentially a book showroom and congregating space. Of course you don't need as much square footage for that, which would also lower costs.