Local Bookstores, Social Hubs, and Mutualization « Clay Shirky

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http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/11/local-bookstores-social-hubs-and-mutualization/

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Clary Shirky on the future of the bookstore. I think that the local bookstore probably has a longer future that the local record store did - I think it'll take a generational shift or two, until we've got people who are more used to reading on the screen than they are on paper, but I think he's right that they're going to need to make massive practical changes in the way they do business - perhaps becoming hubs for local POD services...