The fate of bookstores

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I am more than happy to be proven incorrect if figures can be shown that disprove my theory.

It's less about whether or not production costs are higher or lower than the fact that people are willing to pay for them, no matter what the costs are, you see. That's what I'm saying. People are still willing to pay for books, and I really don't see that going away any time soon...except perhaps in some incredibly distant future when we're all living on asteroids.

Which isn't to say that businesses won't fail as people buy more e-books, just that they won't die completely.

Good point.

I think there is a difference between fiction and non-fiction/academic titles as well. It'd be interesting to see something that displays sales over the past few years for different genres. If there isn't a study on it, someone should do it and make a mint!