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Will ebooks mean the end of bookstores?

PostPosted: July 24th, 2011, 9:17 pm
by admin
News that the giant bookstore chain Borders is officially liquidated broke this week, and word is out that ebooks was the cause of its downfall. Yes it's true that ebooks can be cheaper than printed books resulting to more and more readers buying them as bits and bytes than paper. But will ebooks really cause the beginning of the end of bookstores as we know it? Talk about it here.
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Borders' Liquidation Official; Books-A-Million to Take Up to 35 Stores
By IB Times Staff Reports | July 21, 2011 5:34 PM EDT

Borders is officially liquidated. Now all that remains is closing stores, and trying to work out a deal with Books-A-Million to keep as many as 35 of the book selling chain's store open.
Borders won bankruptcy court approval to liquidate Thursday afternoon, signaling the end for America's second largest bookstore chain. Borders has 399 stores and 10,700 employees. A last-minute offer from Books-A-Million may save 1,000 to 1,500 jobs and keep 30 to 35 stores open.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/184703/ ... seller.htm

Re: Will ebooks mean the end of bookstores?

PostPosted: July 27th, 2011, 9:42 pm
by mommyhelen
I read somewhere that ebooks are tripling sales almost every year, and amazon is selling more ebooks than physical books daw, though not sure if it's true...

Re: Will ebooks mean the end of bookstores?

PostPosted: July 28th, 2011, 11:16 am
by Wanda
by mommyhelen » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:42 pm

I read somewhere that ebooks are tripling sales almost every year, and amazon is selling more ebooks than physical books daw, though not sure if it's true...

Hi mommyhelen, yes I heard it's true. Thats why Barnes & Noble in the states launched their NOOK, which also another reading device like the Kindle.

Re: Will ebooks mean the end of bookstores?

PostPosted: July 28th, 2011, 12:11 pm
by Memnoch26
... i believe in due time, the bookstores will not be put to an end... but just evolve with technology...

in this generation, there are still a lot of people who likes to have the books and read it... so there is still a market for the bookstores...

however, in the next generations, when the generation of book lovers disappear, then the ebooks will totally govern...

and at this time, the bookstores will probably be selling "digital copies" on their shelves while providing a nice place to hang out and read the ebook... say like a cafe in the bookstore.... maybe they will cater more for the cafe as the shelves will probably be smaller...

Re: Will ebooks mean the end of bookstores?

PostPosted: July 28th, 2011, 2:05 pm
by bossjun
by mommyhelen » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:42 pm
I read somewhere that ebooks are tripling sales almost every year, and amazon is selling more ebooks than physical books daw, though not sure if it's true...

by Wanda » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:16 am
Hi mommyhelen, yes I heard it's true. Thats why Barnes & Noble in the states launched their NOOK, which also another reading device like the Kindle

Ladies, ladies this is just another business that wasn't managed well and went down into the dumps, that's all there is it to it. It was a real estate story - Borders buying too much real estate at the time of the American real estate bubble, couldn't recover the investments, and then had to pay the price. http://mhpbooks.com/mobylives/?p=34730

I read in some reports that the independent bookstores near the borders branches that closed enjoyed an increase in sales. So people are not necessarily buying LESS printed books even though ebook sales are increasing. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/20 ... pting.html

Memnoch26 is right, the independent bookstores are evolving...they are selling ebooks as well via Google eBooks through iOS (that's Apple iPad and iPhone Apps) Barnes & Noble bought a lot of real estate, too, but, unlike Borders, they beefed up their online business and launched the Nook.

Eventually if ebooks will really become a main trend in the Philippines our local bookstores Fullybooked and National might need to go this route as well.