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Jane Sutton, owner of “The Book” store, a Christian resource center in Glasgow, believes there is a future for independent bookstores.
GINA KINSLOW / Glasgow Daily Times


Published September 02, 2008 10:48 am - Competition from online booksellers, superstores and discount department stores, combined with the economy’s downturn, is taking its toll on independent bookstores.

Bookstores feel bite of competition


By GINA KINSLOW
Glasgow Daily Times

GLASGOW

Competition from online booksellers, superstores and discount department stores, combined with the economy’s downturn, is taking its toll on independent bookstores.

Janice Lambirth, owner of Ivy Books and Gifts on Rogers Drive in Glasgow, said the competition is hard to combat.

Her biggest competitors are online booksellers, such as Amazon.com.

“That’s probably our main thing – the online shopping,” Lambirth said.

She isn’t alone.

Jane Sutton, who owns “The Book” store, a Christian resource center on Shane Drive in Glasgow and another faith-based bookstore in Campbellsville, says her business has also been affected.

“All of the dot.coms ... so many of them are offering really low-priced books,” she said. “That’s competition for us.”

Lambirth and Sutton are doing their best to stay afloat.

Lambirth is trying to beat the competition by offering personal service.

“We do deliver books. If somebody wants something and they are not able to come in and pick it up, we will deliver it to them,” she said. “We gift wrap and try to add a personal touch.”

She also discounts books that appear on best-seller lists by 20 percent.

The discounts Lambirth has on her bestsellers are not as big as what major booksellers offer, but she says she discounts her books as much as she can.

Sutton also offers books at a discounted price.

“We have hundreds of books that are less than $5,” she said.

Such books are not new releases, but rather have been out for about six months and are still fairly new in the market, she said.



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