Amazon Books Is Snatching the ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Bookstore Owners Need

The real reason that independent bookstore owners and fans are throwing so much shadow at the Amazon Bookstore in Seattle becomes clear, thanks to this article from the Guardian: they’re scared.

The Guardian piece interviews owners and staff at bookshops both near and a few miles away from the Amazon bookstore, and said interviewees are nearly all Viewing With Alarm. For example, the manager of a bookstore less than a mile away has noticed “different spending patterns.”