A wave of traditional bookstore closures is spreading around the world at a depressing rate.

Summary: A wave of traditional bookstore closures is spreading around the world at a depressing rate. July 22, the United States chain bookstore borders began to close its 399 stores. Borders, the second-largest traditional book retailer in the United States, has a history of more than 40 years and was once considered

A wave of traditional bookstore closures is spreading around the world at a depressing rate. July 22, the United States chain bookstore borders began to close its 399 stores. Borders, the second-largest traditional book retailer in the United States, has a history of more than 40 years and was once considered the best bookstore in the U.S., with a peak sales of $4 billion.

The domestic bookstore situation is also not optimistic. Shanghai Monsoon Bookstore is about to face the closure of the third store, Beijing Humanities Academic Bookstore wind into the pine has been declared closed, Hangzhou's "photosynthesis" closed. More and more traditional bookstores have not been able to escape the same outcome, only 2007 to 2009, the Chinese private bookstore has reduced 10,000, to now more.

"In the long run, no matter how traditional bookstores ' tactics ' can withstand new trends, the layout of the physical bookstore is now being swallowed up by online bookstores and digital publications. Mao, vice president of China Economic Publishing house, said in an interview with reporters.