What are these things you call books?

Are they like those fake books you see on Amazon that are just repasted Wikipedia articles on an author that purport to be a Biography but that you can buy and zero cents goes to the author that got ripped off by the German guy who "wrote" it?

What they need is someone who wants to run a bookstore but doesn't actually need to make any money from it. I really don't see how you can make much of anything running such a business in such a high rent area.

I've been pretty much 100% ebook for a couple years now and more and more people seem to be doing the same. Not sure that's gonna change anytime soon.

Bookstore flippers.

The new go broke quickly scheme.

I saw some infomercials yesterday.

Almost every time I tried to go in that place it was closed. I'd love to see it partner up with the coffee shop next door and become more of a bookshop and cafe. People still like books as tactile entities and conversation starters. More should be done with that.

@4 for the win. Let's call that place eStarbucks and charge $50 for each book.

I would not be surprised if Ms. Hershey went into this thinking, "hey, it would be really cool to own a bookstore!" She then quickly discovered the realities of running a small business...

I got a kindle last year, read a few books on it, and I'm back to real books. I just like the feel of paper books. The kindle is pretty good for travel, but I hate how you have to turn it off for takeoff and landing.

I hate ebooks! How the hell am I gonna get my favorite authors to sign my books if it's all electronic now.