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Irish Independents Wrestle With Doomsday Book ScenarioPosted at 1:56PM Friday 12 Mar 2010 It's certainly not looking good for Irish bookshops. Late last month the Irish book industry suffered its biggest casualty when Hughes Hughes went into receivership after more than 25 years in business. It cited, among other things, the high rents it was being forced to pay and the low prices online retailers were charging to lure its potential customers away.It is virtually impossible for any bricks-and-mortar retailer to match Amazon for prices while multinational retailers, like Tesco and Walmart, have also played a part in driving book prices down to levels which are unsustainable for ordinary retailers.
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