That's why Borders became a movie store with a coffee shop, and Barnes & Noble became a toy store Both stocked books no customer wanted Digital reading also hurt sales, but focusing on bad products was a serious poison
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It's possible small book stores could return, but in the age of COVID, who knows? They're non-essential, and it takes capital to open a store and buy stock And who would you buy stock from? The big publishers are now desperate to unload their unsellable books on anyone they can
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Where would you open your shop? The major cities are bleeding industry right now as people flee the riots and disasters One landmark book store in Minneapolis that drew tourists from all across the States burned to the ground during the riots, gone forever Who would reopen?
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And opening a business in the modern climate is like trying to swim with cement shoes Corporations sweep up the cash, small business collapse or are barred entirely from even unlocking their front door
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Still, despite everything, it's possible book stores could make a return Especially as the big online digital book stores (Really just Amazon) crack down on censorship. And there's been talk of anti-trust suits against Amazon as it is, which could splinter digital book markets
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There's really no way of knowing if book stores will return. If they do, they'll need to cater to a specific feel. The joy of sitting in a nice chair and reading in a pile of paperbacks. The feel of real books in your hands. The guarantee of protection from censorship.
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In the end, I look forward to the reinvention of the book store 20 years from now I'm sure I'll stroll into some shop and have a twenty-something future-hipster explain to me that ancient Man once sold paper copies of digital books "Weren't 1900s people weird?"
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Nostalgia, classical experience, freedom from censorship, a personal touch, an attached reading lounge... These are some ideas to help bring back small book stores Sell your customers a story, an experience, around the paper books What does paper + shop do that digital doesn't?
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It will be interesting to see what future entrepreneurs do with the idea of a book store Physical or not, the future for book will be a wild ride
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I've considered a large comic/card store, but the problem is volume and audience. Honestly, I don't believe the guys would come out to buy the books I'd be selling. There has to be some sort of hook, like a cat cafe.
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Comic and card shops operate on such razor thin margins, it's a brutal market
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Most of the card stuff is the massive online market that IS a necessity. It's fine if you can do it, but it's brutal and if you don't know how to ride the tiger it will eat you. Most die out in a year.
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I did online myself for a year. It's not hard, just time consuming and you have to build capital and be willing to wait for things to be worth selling. I made a few meme sales that were amusing and profitable. I got out after a business partner screwed me over and it got toxic.
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