So, GAME has finally, officially, gone into administration.
First up, best of luck to the near 6000 people employed by the group, and let's hope that there is at least some form of positive outlook.
So why should the book trade care other than a sympathy vote?
Quite apart from the fact that many stores will close and give us one less reason to visit the High St, let's start by looking at the parallels, especially here in the UK (and I'm massively generalizing here, but I could spend all day writing this post...):