Comments on: Repurposing brick-and-mortar bookstores in the ebook age http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/repurposing-brick-and-mortar-bookstores-in-the-ebook-age/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: raz godelnik http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/repurposing-brick-and-mortar-bookstores-in-the-ebook-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1174252 raz godelnik Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:34:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=45174#comment-1174252 Rich, Thank you for a very interesting article! I'm not sure how much indie authors and publishers really need B&M stores that have space and budget limits that do not exist in the virtual world. Especially when the status of B&M as the sole agent connecting readers and books is declining, not to say disappearing. I certainly agree with you on the need of repurposing B&M stores. It's so obvious, although the big B&M chains seem to ignore it, maybe because of the implications of this trend on their business. I had similar thoughts, although I took it to a greener direction with regards to big B&M chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders (http://ecolibris.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-there-future-for-barnes-noble-and.html) and more local direction with regards to indie stores (http://ecolibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/can-monetary-incentives-local-benefits.html). Best, Raz Rich,

Thank you for a very interesting article! I’m not sure how much indie authors and publishers really need B&M stores that have space and budget limits that do not exist in the virtual world. Especially when the status of B&M as the sole agent connecting readers and books is declining, not to say disappearing.

I certainly agree with you on the need of repurposing B&M stores. It’s so obvious, although the big B&M chains seem to ignore it, maybe because of the implications of this trend on their business.

I had similar thoughts, although I took it to a greener direction with regards to big B&M chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders (http://ecolibris.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-there-future-for-barnes-noble-and.html) and more local direction with regards to indie stores (http://ecolibris.blogspot.com/2010/06/can-monetary-incentives-local-benefits.html).

Best,
Raz

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