Independent Bookstores vs. Internet Booksellers

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Independent Bookstores vs. Internet Booksellers

10-09-2006, 10:42 AM,

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Independent Bookstores vs. Internet Booksellers

Quote: Adam Brent knew his 11-year-run selling bestsellers and new releases was over when mail carriers started walking into his building to deliver books from Amazon to the tenants upstairs.

"Literally, they didn't walk downstairs or take the time to make a phone call," Brent said of the neighbors of Brent Books & Cards in the city's business district.

Brent's experience is shared by scores of independent bookstores around the nation that have been knocked out of business by huge chains like Borders and Barnes & Noble, massive retailers like Wal-Mart and most recently Internet sites like Amazon...

full article: http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,...=rss.index

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