Indie books and bookstores…

Sunday's (Jan. 29) edition of the NY Times featured an article on Barnes & Noble bookstores in the business section.  A summary of the article:  B&N thinks that it's doing everything it can to survive.  My observation:  No, there are things it could do but doesn't want to do.  Since we are in the middle of a paradigm shift in the publishing world, I wouldn't dare make predictions on how eBooks and indie publishing are going to affect legacy publishers.  I can warn them to look out, though.  I...