Amazon didn’t kill the local bookstores; large national chains killed the book stores. Even the NYT is reporting that independent book stores are actually growing and are doing well. I would hazard a guess for that reason, the demise of national chains due to poor business decisions and Amazon’s ability to beat them on price.
That aside, even B&N is reporting growth at their physical retail establishments and while e-books may be the #1 format sold on Amazon, they are still only 20% of total sales and are showing signs of slowing down. The majority of books sold are still paper based and local book stores are growing faster than national chains. Hardly the doom and gloom oft repeated.
