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I think if you look at the number of bookstores that were in the US before Amazon, and compare that to now, you'll see that they're in a steep decline. Not all

by greedo 5y ago

I think if you look at the number of bookstores that were in the US before Amazon, and compare that to now, you'll see that they're in a steep decline. Not all of this is due to Amazon, since much of the consolidation was from competition from Borders and B&N. But today's B&N is a far cry from what it used to be, Borders is gone, and Amazon is the 800lb gorilla.

kevinmchugh 5y ago
If you can supply the data I'd be happy to look at it. I linked what data I managed to find. I think Amazon is largely responsible for ending borders, but less so the transformation of b&n. GameStop went through a similar crappification. That's just been retail. I won't be surprised if there's a lot fewer book stores than there were 25 years ago. If we could break it out by big chain vs indie stores would be interesting. Because indie bookstores have been doing well in the last ten years (despite ebooks!). I was surprised by this. It didn't fit my mental model. Maybe I don't remember well enough the pre-crappy versions of borders and b&n well enough, but I really don't feel strongly about them. Indie bookstores are where it's at for me.