I’m sad local bookstores aren’t doing well but I’m not sad that I can carry thousands of books on my phone or tablet. The death of bookstores seems inevitable the same way the video store and music store has died.
What I’d much rather see is Apple forced to open their platform. Imagine if Microsoft required 30% of all sales for everything sold on Windows. It would be nice if other online bookstores could compete with equal footing on iOS instead of only iBooks. Then we could have more indie online stores specializing in whatever they choose. Sure they can do it now but not seamlessly as Apple requires 30% if they want a seamless experience.
