Instead, bookstores are experiencing a quiet resurgence.
“The industry itself is in transformation, which is always very challenging,” said Dominique Raccah, the publisher of Sourcebooks, acknowledging the broader pressures facing publishing even as sales remain steady.
Print sales totaled around 707 million units in 2025, only slightly below the pandemic peak and 57 million more than 2019, according to figures cited by the Times. And physical books continue to dominate the market, making up roughly three-quarters of all book sales, according to the Association of American Book Publishers.
Le Divan bookstore, one of the largest bookstores in Paris. (Photo by Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by RICCARDO MILANI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)Independent booksellers say the revival goes beyond entertainment. "It's exciting to see so many people shopping in alignment with their values," said Allison Hill, the C.E.O. of the American Booksellers Association. "In some ways, I think that's a response to the turmoil of 2025 in this country and reflects a backlash against billionaires and algorithms. Indie bookstores are proving to be an antidote for the time we're living in."
Predictions of the bookstore's demise, it turns out, may have been premature. As readers continue to show up, browsing, buying, and building community, bookstores are proving they're not relics of the past, but resilient fixtures of the present.
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