[red-iron-pine]

Most of B&N's competition is dead -- Amazon ate them. There is still a niche for actual books bought in person, and there is still a demand from consumers to go to a bookstore and do the bookstore thing, drink coffee, peruse, etc.

That niche is probably just in big, educated markets. Like the B&N in Northern VA I used to go to in college is still there. But at a mall in rural Idaho, probably not so much.

[tcmart14]

For sure, I agree with a lot here. I am still a regular customer of B&N. Even got a paid membership this year and switched from the Kindle to the Nook. I image there is some customer base like me who are using B&N just to avoid Amazon also.