The Bookstores of the Future

This Boston Globe article on a Vermont independent bookstore offers a glimpse of what our future bookstores might look like — and it actually paints a pretty nice picture.

Imagine your local indie bookstore with "all the classic trappings: exposed beams, wood tables stacked with hardcover bestsellers, comfortable leather chairs nestled into alcoves" — as the Globe describes the Northshire Bookstore. Then imagine being able to get virtually any book you want on demand, while you wait. That's what