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Pioneer the answer to your question is quite simple "The white man's ice is colder." That is a cliche that meant very little to me until I started my own business. I won't bore you with details, but at some point we as a group have to invest in our own businesses. Sure there are people willing to do this but not nearly enough. I've read the statistics about our collective buying power, but unless people are willing to spend with us, that buying power means nothing. Look man, I've been running the site for 20 years and I still can't hire a full time employee and I struggle to pay the folks I do pay. In the same time frame Bezoe has become a multi-bazillionaire. Today I HAVE to sell books as an Amazon affiliate because readers simply will not buy from me directly. Writer's tell readers to go Amazon to buy their books as if readers don;t already know that or as if Amazon is the only place to buy books. They completely ignore the indie booksellers that push their books. This does not have to be the case. But we do not invest in our own business. We happily give our money to the richest people on Earth! It really boggles the mind, because there are so many people who talk about Black unity but so few that actually practice it.

One of the best novels on the Reconstruction period is Frank Yerby's Griffin's Way

Store Manager/training manager. Yes, it affected B&N tremendously, same effect, but they've adapted; incorporating toys & games, restaurants, community outreach, etc. but unfortunately it's a struggle for them to stay afloat. Big Box retailing is declining...