No, the person I originally replied to described the alleged “slow and firm downward trend” of bookstores since e-commerce came around. However, after an initi

No, the person I originally replied to described the alleged “slow and firm downward trend” of bookstores since e-commerce came around. However, after an initial decline due to competition from e-commerce, independent bookstores have been growing since 2009. The person who replied to me would have been correct if they were posting their comment in the mid-2000s, but their statement has not been true since 2009. I provided sources and data to back myself up and nobody arguing against my point has. I have not at any point changed the argument I am making nor have I moved any goal posts. The entirety of my argument is that in recent years independent booksellers have been on an upward trend. I never made any claim about their sales compared to Amazon. I never claimed that the industry never faced decline. I am merely fact checking the original statement that the industry is allegedly in a downward trend.