> Now there's one limping chain, B&N, and some specialized chains -- mostly religious, secondhand or otherwise discount -- and Amazon. That's not true, there a

> Now there's one limping chain, B&N, and some specialized chains -- mostly religious, secondhand or otherwise discount -- and Amazon. That's not true, there are many online book sellers out there, and I'm guessing not all of them are in danger of going out of business. Amazon is the biggest player, but what has played out is that book selling is too low-margin to be viable as a meat-space transaction.