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Would the death of Barnes & Noble also kill book discovery?
January 31, 2013 | 11:46 am
By Juli Monroe
Digital Book World posted an excellent article today about the Barnes & Noble elephant in the room at DBW 2013.
The big takeaway from this article was this statistic:
"According to the most recent Codex survey, online selling accounts for 61 percent of book sales, but only 7 percent of discovery."
That's huge. I'm one of those 61 percent. Sure, I buy all my books online, but I find new books and authors by browsing my local Barnes & Noble. And what happens if that local Barnes & Noble goes away? It's not looking good for them as a business right now. Well,...



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