Daily show on how chain bookstores can compete with the Internet

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Borders of bankruptcy in the summer of this year further underscored the serious shift in terms of people consume the written word, namely, in pixels, not for printing. As the work of our chain of brick and mortar bookstores inevitably way our chain of brick and mortar video shops and record shops, ever sharp Jon Stewart and the author (and PC-dude) John Hodgman reflect on the various ways that bookstores can stay competitive (video above).

Their verdict: don't hold your breath.

John Hodgman: we must acknowledge the facts, John. Big box Bookstore has passed into history. And this is something we should accept and be proud of. By maintaining the boundaries of how popular historical attraction.

Jon Stewart: As, uh, Colonial Williamsburg?

John Hodgman: Yes, exactly! Bring the children up to Ye Olde border Town! Let them see what it felt like the paw through the clearance Bin floor daily calendars. Or sneak peek on pornography on actual paper! Right there on the giant rack strange magazines you've never heard of. Including my personal favorite, a bookstore, magazine rack Aficionado magazine.

Jon Stewart: you know I think Bookstore reserve may call is a very small market.

John Hodgman: well, this may not be less than the market for people who buy the book.

Ba dum Ching.

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