Same story, different perspective
Came across a new (rather sparse) blog recently, Clay Shirky, though the content provided more than makes up for the lack of bells and glitter:
In much the same vein as my Rethinking the Box series of columns, Clay takes on the topic, “Local Bookstores, Social Hubs, and Mutualization,” and while some of the same concepts come up (bookstore as third place, bookstore as community hub) without my bias as a bookseller the essay goes off into whole new areas, and to a very different conclusion.
Worth a read. (as are the other articles — at least those currently on Clay’s main page — which also touch on issues of publishing and content)
