Barnes & Noble storefront by BrokenSphere via Wikimedia Commons
The continuing decline of Barnes & Noble prompts Alex Shephard to discuss what's at risk if the big chain shrinks further or closes and publishers lose one of their biggest revenue streams: "The most literary of novels will be shunted to smaller publishers. Some will probably never be published at all. And rigorous nonfiction books, which often require extensive research and travel, will have a tough time finding a publisher with the capital to fund such efforts."
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