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Chapter 1: You stumble upon an interesting book at your neighborhood bookstore. Chapter 2: You go home and order it from Amazon for half as much. Chapter 9: Your favorite bookstore is bankrupt.

Good times for independent bookstores? Where people value the experience of book shopping over price, the answer may be yes.

Story in Washington Post about how indie bookstores are cropping up in the aftermath of Borders' crash-and-liquidate.

By Jason Boog on July 12, 2011 6:00 PM The next time you feel depressed about the future of authors, bookstores or publishing, watch the video embedded above from Half Price Books-How To Build a (New) Bookstore. The time-lapse video shows the construction of a bookstore from empty warehouse to the customer-ready store.

Great read about why to be hopeful about the future of indendent bookstores.

Discussion on how to keep bookstores healthy.

Interesting reaction from the ABA to Amazon-as-job-creator speech given by the President.

Interesting pilot program at Northwest Missouri State University using the Sony e-reader for digital textbooks.

A sad day for lovers of bookstores.  

An interesting obit for the flagship Border's store.

Bookstores in Germany thrive, while the US industry is in trouble. Although interesting approach,   I don't think the German solution will work here.

Google is planning to become the worlds largest bookstore with a print-on-demand agreement to give access to two million out-of-print books.

Jul 4th 2011, 21:43 by E.B. | LONDON TO DESCRIBE the woes of bricks-and-mortar bookstores is to join the dirge-singing chorus. Everyone knows the tune: sales at bookstores have fallen because buyers are ordering books online or downloading them to e-readers. Bookstores may be great places to browse and linger, but online is where the deals are.

Via Joshua Gans, Harry Potter fans can now get their favorite books in digital format. But not from Amazon or the iTunes bookstore. Instead, the exclusive source of Potter ebooks is J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website where you're able to get them in formats that run on all major e-readers and tablets.

Rethinking the bookstore.

"Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List, providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall." 2. They have always lived in cyberspace, addicted to a new generation of "electronic narcotics." 5. If they miss The Daily Show, they can always get their news on YouTube. 18. Their folks have never gazed with pride on a new set of bound encyclopedias on the bookshelf. 27. Outdated icons with images of floppy discs for "save," a telephone for "phone," and a snail mail envelope for "mail" have oddly decorated their tablets and smart phone screens. 35. Probably the most tribal generation in history, they despise being separated from contact with their similar-aged friends. 47. Before they purchase an assigned textbook, they will investigate whether it is available for rent or purchase as an e-book. 56. They have always enjoyed school and summer camp memories with a digital yearbook. 71. Despite being preferred urban gathering places, two-thirds of the independent bookstores in the United States have closed for good during their lifetimes.