Publishing industry looks to Barnes & Noble to save it from Amazon's onslaught
"... It all comes down to bookstores: publishers view the experience of browsing in a physical location as vital to their future success, and B&N is one of the last major US chains left. "That display space they have in the store is really one of the most valuable places that exists in this country for communicating to the consumer that a book is a big deal," ..."
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/29/2755207/publishing-industry-barnes-noble-amazon
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