"The lefty bookstores will always thrive in college towns, etc"
I've often thought someone should open one catering to "righty's". Might work...might not but it's worth a try.
Oh, I agree! They might have to endure stupid lefties picketing the place, though. I mean the lefties believe in free speech and all, as long as you agree with THEM. ;o)
It might work, but I doubt it considering that most of us would be WORKING, not sitting around in a shop adding 'culture'
I buy most of my books off amazon and my first wish list is something like 15 pages long.
Before my time, the John Birch society used to have a chain. I forget its name.
I'm in the "read it online" or "order it more efficiently on-line" categories now. My tastes are so arcane I know that B&N typically won't have a copy in-stock.
Some public libraries have recent books free on-line through companies like NetLibrary. The better programs let you access the books from home. I'm re-learning a programming language using their system.