Bookstores that survive will increasingly focus on non-fiction books that don’t lend themselves to ebook formats, such as manga/comics, design (art, photography, shelter) books, cookbooks, science and technology volumes, etc, as well as vintage books for collectors.īookstores will also have to rethink their spaces because they simply won’t be able to afford the square footage. As a result, bookstores will no longer derive a significant percentage of revenue from fiction. The ebook format, driven by Amazon’s Kindle platform and subscription services like Oyster, will become the industry standard for books that are mostly text. ( Note: comments arranged in alphabetical order by author last name, so yes, I got to go first.)Ĭarmen Amato, author of THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY and the EMILIA CRUZ mystery series Read on for some surprising views on the future of the bookstore. I reached out to fellow authors and was amazed at the variety of responses. Will we see more closings in the years to come, or will bookstores innovate in order to stay relevant and solvent? Many brick-and-mortar bookstores, including the US-based Borders chain, have closed in recent years, unable to compete or adjust. The ebook revolution has given us more books to choose from, so much so that books are easily lost in the virtual churn. Traditional book publishing and retail models have been battered by the rise of online retailers. Can bookstores survive in the era of ebooks and ecommerce?ĭramatic changes in the publishing industry have impacted the way authors, even influential authors, get their books to readers.
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