SIMBA Report: Loss of Bookstores Does Not Translate to Increased Ebook Sales
The showcase effect, according to research group, is real
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Brian Howard
"It may go against common sense, but the loss of hundreds of physical bookstores and several million square feet of book retailing space in 2011 actually negatively affected the expansion of e-book usage," says Michael Norris, senior analyst of Simba Information's Trade Books Group, in a press release for the release of the report, which is available for purchase now.
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