Making Bookstores Great Again - HiFi Critics

Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 1:31 p.m.

7 years ago, Borders filed for bankruptcy in one of the earliest earthquakes in the retail sector. Many so-called experts predicted that independent bookstores would be gone before long and the race was on for the e-book land grab. But a strange thing happened on the way to the party: e-book sales have flatlined and bookstores are in a bit of ascendancy with the audiobook category. What is causing this change in how the market consumes books and how has your preference changed in the last 7 years?