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‘The Goliath is Amazon’: after 100 years, Barnes & Noble wants to go back to its indie roots
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The Future of Booksellers
I think for a well-run bookstore the future is extremely right. I also think that bookstores are sort of almost uniquely strong within the retail spectrum because they appeal to such a broad diversity of communities. What we need to make sure is that nothing corrupts our world, that there isn't a monopolistic lurch towards Amazon or some other thing where somebody dominates the world of books and doesn't respect the physical book. We've seen off Kindle, we'll see off audio, we'llsee off all the other things. Not because those things are bad but because actually all they do is encourage more engagement with real books"
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