Most of what the store is doing, apart from the human and atmosphere aspect can be replaced by an online curated browsing site. I think ultimately it's not enou

Most of what the store is doing, apart from the human and atmosphere aspect can be replaced by an online curated browsing site. I think ultimately it's not enough to keep them operating on current form and would need to move towards something of a book club or reading space that only sells really niche things and things like coffee. I think amazon could make physical spaces in certain locations as somewhat of a club or browsing experience an sell the books near the online price with same/ next day ordering in. Could be like an extended prime membership. Whether they would go down this probably low margin path though is another thing.