perpetual 永久的,永远的,四季开花的
drizzle 毛毛雨
不同地区、地点、国家对书店的欢迎程度、数量、连锁还是独立有很大影响。
不同国家、地区人喜欢看书、书店数量不同。波兰多雨,人们有很多时间在家读书。夏威夷书店很少,岛之间分散,要去一趟书店特别久。阿拉斯加书店比夏威夷多。
不同地区连锁、独立书店占比不同。独立书店基本上都在犄角旮旯,不在大城市,并且搞专门化,举例两个书店
P1 varies among states
- Shaped by....
- W&O - perpetual drizzle
- P-rain
P2 states-situations
- A&H-geo difficulties: wait, travel long distance, cannot attract
○ Alaska: Different environment for bookselling: few chain stores, most independent
○ Hawaii-dominated by chain(Borders)
- BA-WM is the biggest, also in M
P3 competition-strategies
- Location
- Focus
- Example: Indiana
○ 97/142 independent>>rural
○ Specialty and small
P4 located in the shadow of a chain
- Right niche
- Example:
○ Pop
○ New age topic