In the 1998 Hollywood film You've Got Mail, Meg Ryan plays the owner of a local bookstore that can't compete when a big chain store opens nearby.
1998 年上映的好萊塢電影《電子情書》，敘述女主角梅格萊恩經營的街坊轉角小童書店，被新進駐的連鎖大書店打得毫無還手餘地，最後只好走上關門一途。