60年代以来的数十年间,美国一般图书业最重要的发展之一是,图书零售连锁书店的崛起和迅速增长。多尔顿(B Dalton)和沃尔顿(Waldenbooks)两家图书公司60年代中期就开始经营连锁书店,80年代中期两家共有1500个分店,以后每家每年都增设60-90个新店,营业额和分店数量,都远远超过其他 In the decades since the 1960s, one of the most important developments in the general book industry in the United States has been the rise and rapid growth of book retail chain bookstores. Book companies B Dalton and Waldenbooks began operating chain bookstores in the mid-1960s, with a total of 1,500 stores in the mid-1980s, each opening 60 to 90 new stores each year The amount and the number of outlets, are far more than the other