What is the Future of American Book Shops?<\/h1>\n

by Paul Hunt<\/h1>\n

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The dystopian end for literacy.\u00a0 The very last stage of the retail book business will be Book Tents on sidewalks in the big cities as the huge skyscrapers become empty due to high rent and finally to the massive CME from the Sun.\u00a0 With 300,000 mainly homeless, destitute, and uneducated people pouring over the border every month, does anybody actually believe that there’s going to be less people living on the streets?\u00a0 When the internet goes down get ready to shop for books on the sidewalks.<\/p>\n

It looks like American society has abandoned it’s own culture.\u00a0 The demise of bookstores, art galleries and small theaters are sure signs of the decay. Here’s the report card for reading in California schools from CAreads.org:<\/p>\n

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Reading is the most fundamental skill children must learn to succeed in school and in life.\u00a0 But today,\u00a0half\u00a0of California’s students do not read at grade level.\u00a0 What’s worse, among low-income students of color, over 65% read below grade level.\u00a0 Few ever catch up.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Sad news for anyone thinking about trying to sell a book in the future. The trend is also showing up at libraries.\u00a0 I’ve noticed lately that most libraries have changed their mix, which is now maybe 40% books, 40% audio and video and 20% computers.<\/p>\n

Let me know what YOU think.\u00a0 I have a few ideas for solutions, but I’ll save them until Hollywood starts issuing the book tents with small solar panels to power lights inside.\u00a0 And a fluffy pillow for an old guy to sit on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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