The Stately Raven Bookstore in Findlay is closing it's doors only three years after opening. The business will close when the shelves are empty, and everything in the store is 50 percent off.
Advancements in technology make it difficult for local bookstores to compete. While business is booming for its final days of the Stately Raven, the future of browsing through a typical bookstore may soon be a thing of the past.
"The way that online book sales are going, the advent and the growing popularity of the e-books phenomenon, is something we're not going to be able to overcome, these are all forces that are larger than us," said Stately Raven owner Mike Cole.
His business opened in 2007. The first two years were tough financially, but the store made a profit this year.
"It's better to get out of it now than to get into a debt situation down the road," said Cole.
Josh Woodward and his two-year-old daughter Ellie stopped in the Stately Raven to check out the sale.
"I'm as guilty as anyone. You know I buy most of my stuff on amazon and I've got a kindle and all of that," said Woodward.
Younger generations, like little Ellie, will someday think of books more like digital files and less like text on paper.
"I think it's going to be a completely different world when she grows up. I mean it's she already has her little baby kindle now," said Woodward.
From baby kindles to online sales, the way people get their books is quickly changing.
"All of us, we're moving to a new generation of books now," said Woodward.
