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To survive in the U.S., Chinese bookstores evolve way beyond books

• towelguy 12y ago
  tl;dr: they've become convenience stores.
  • curiouscats 12y ago
    I think too simple a take-away. Partially that, partially new immigrant (or nostalgic immigrant) support - high touch, caring, personal service.
• kayman 12y ago
  its a lesson U.S. bookstores can learn from. Not evolve to convenient stores, but offer other services. The cafe is a major influence on which bookstore I go to. Maybe it will work the other way. Go for the cafe stay for the books!
• ulfw 12y ago
  That's just sad. 'evolve' means - they seize to assist and just become convenience stores. There is no 'evolving' here. There's no difference in pretty much shutting down the store and having the same owners open another different kind of store in the same location.