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Even if people prefer paper books, that used book shop in the article is still doomed. Their competition is not the internet. It's a better bookstore with lowe
by saint_fiasco 7y ago
Even if people prefer paper books, that used book shop in the article is still doomed.
Their competition is not the internet. It's a better bookstore with lower prices in an air conditioned shopping mall.
- mcguire 7y agoStores in air conditioned shopping malls have much higher overhead and typically much lower and less diverse stocks. The result is better in only a limited sense.
- PNT510 7y agoExcept those "better bookstores" are also struggling. The internet might not be killing physical book sales, but online retailers are killing physical book retailers.
- trianglem 7y agoHaving been to a similar market in Mumbai, I can tell you that any air conditioned store with overhead is never going to be able to compete with these roadside bazaars in range or pricing. I fondly remember buying huge bagfuls of relatively recent releases for maybe $5 dollars a bag.