These other goods you keep comparing it to definitely seem to fall more on the utility side as opposed to the entertainment - possibly art? intellectual?luxury? - side, which I think is a large distinction.<p>There&#x27;s a romantic aspect to being in bookstores that just isn&#x27;t found with stores of other types of merchandise.<p>People don&#x27;t flock to knife stores for knife signings. They don&#x27;t sit down with a cup of coffee inside the knife store with other knife enthusiasts and talk about the latest knife they sharpened. They don&#x27;t take one knife off the shelf, sit in an overstuffed chair and flip it a few times then put it back and take down another, all with no expectation of purchase or pressure. etc. etc.