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I didn't say technical books were irrelevant, I asked why a book store would carry them. The people most interested in computer related technical books are thos

I didn't say technical books were irrelevant, I asked why a book store would carry them. The people most interested in computer related technical books are those who most heavily use the internet and therefore are most likely to be the ones who buy via amazon or directly from the author. That's before we consider that such technical books are going to be a niche within a niche, in other words, not something to put in a mainstream book store. Historically you might have even needed to find out specialist bookstores for such books or had them ordered specially via the bookstore.

simpaticoder 3y ago
>I didn't say technical books were irrelevant, I asked why a book store would carry them. Oh, sorry. It's because book stores want to carry books that are relevant. There is a catch-22 in what you say, because you're right that we've gotten used to buying books online (alibris, not amazon please) which makes bookstores carry them less, which makes us less likely to buy them in bookstores... The spiral downward is real; the opposite, a spiral upward, can also be real with a little effort. Bookstores are filled with books about niche interests, why not ours?