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Digital platforms are struggling, meanwhile a 136-year-old book retailer is growing again. But why?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can understand why with books randomly disappearing in the cloud vs always keeping them irl

[–] Jolteon 2 points 8 months ago

Yep, when you buy a book at a bookstore, you actually own it and it can't be easily taken from you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

that it wasn't necessary to push out smaller book stores and help galvinize the big box store shit smear that we have to deal with now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This article is from 2022.

It mentions crypto is in decline as a contrast to B&N. Bitcoin is at an all time high last time I checked.

While Bitcoin is extremely volatile, it brings into question the relevance of everything else in the article.