by J.R. Wagner
So I was strolling through the bookstore (I won't mention the name) the other day and wandered into the YA section as I always do to scope out the competition and have come to the following conclusion:
There is a reason why big chain bookstores are failing...and it isn't just because Ebooks are forcing them to close up shop.
The first thing I noticed is that, with the exception of the YA section, which is growing, every other section is shrinking. Good for YA readers, bad for everyone else. The toy department (yep, toys) is taking over the real estate once owned by books.Even within YA there are some disturbing trends.
First is the lack of selection. They've got YA broken down into Paranormal Romance, which gets most of the real estate when compared to the other sections. Then there is YA fiction, YA non-fiction and YA fantasy.
