Another random thought: Empty Book Stores

With honesty, I've stopped frequenting the nearest book store in my place or perhaps any bookstore that I know of. A part of me, as an apprentice of literature, has been chipped away just because of that. Anyhow, on to point though. As I was passing by book stores in my area, I noticed that the actual book section of the book store are running empty. I wonder why?

It seems that the book stores have just become a school supplies store, at least in my area, since no one or at least a few are just going to the book section. Now, imagine if you're the store owner, you'd be glad that business is going well even part of the stocks isn't going out of the shelves. Since, the school and office supplies is often packed with patrons. But, imagine this, if the main reason you opened a book store is to sell books, won't that beat the book store's main purpose which is to sell books?

Treat me as a romantic here, but even if you'd say that business is going smoothly, with this financial and economic contemporary hardship and all, but won't you be sad to see your store losing it's main reason of existence?

Now going beyond the owner's mind, what if you're an authors of one of the books in those same stores. What would you feel seeing your masterpiece collecting dust? You'd perhaps be proud at first, not everyone author gets successful and have their books be place on book stores. But would it linger on if you'd notice that the sales of your written book isn't much great or worse, no one bothers to even notice?

Well, perhaps to seasoned and true masters of literary prowess would be proud, will still keep learning and will continue still embarking on their literary escapade. It is a legacy, a part of their story, that at least in once or perhaps lots of times in their lives, that somebody has read their book. That in it, is already a reward.

Though, would you say the same if you're one of those previous authors who have taught many great wonders to others by their writings but later on no one bothers? Perhaps it's will still be same... or not. I don't know, I'm not much a writer, anyway...