Bookstores themselves are a good example. Borders and Barnes & Noble put all the local bookstores out of business. Then Amazon put them out of business. Now most towns don't have a bookstore at all.

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hullo 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is a good example of something that sounds true but is actually not. Private equity put Borders out of business (famously). Barnes & Noble is now private but by all reports (still) doing fine. There are more independent bookstores today (in more towns) than ever before.

	▲	hedora 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Some of the ones in the Bay Area were quietly acquired by Barnes & Noble in the last 12 months. I hope that's not a national trend, but I suspect it is. On top of that, Barnes & Noble is closing their larger locations, and replacing them with tiny ones that simply aren't compelling if you're looking for something specific.
	▲	mistrial9 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		people give books away here in California with "tiny house" library stands. In a major college town, previously full of specialty and trade bookstores, now very empty.

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JackFr 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Barnes and Noble put local bookstores out of business by doing a better job at being a bookstore.