My sister was a devoted patron of the Cokesbury book store in Syracuse. It closed in 2012 as part of the closure of its 57 physical stores, shifting to online only.
I suspect the closure reflects both the decline of mainline Protestantism and the impact of Amazon on bookstores.
Slate has a long piece on the decline of the religious bookstore here, and John Fea links it to evangelical religion.
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