In the 1998 movie, “You've got a mail”, Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) met Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) through email by connecting to AOL using modems). Joe Fox is the owner of a corporate Foxbooks chain store (like Barnes and Noble) that just moved in across the street where Kathleen Kelly worked for a local boutique bookstore. The local bookstore was struggling to survive from the competition of the large corporate bookstore.
Today, 20 years later, people date through dating app like Tinder by using their smartphones. The large corporate bookstore Barnes and Nobles is struggling to survive from the competition of Amazon.
Barnes and Nobles recently closed the bookstore In Santa Monica 3rd Street Palemonde after operating 22 years. It’s the place my kids frequent visits from their infanthood to adulthood. I am not sure what would happen 20 years from now. How will people date ? How will we connect ? Who will be the next Amazon ?
After More than 20 Years, Barnes & Noble on Third Street Closed
