Cody's Books, a local Bay Area book chain which once had three stores and is now down to one, is turning to the internet to try to boost its sagging business: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/07/BUP9TPKAL.DTL.

"The new Cody's will have to adapt to the online market," the store's general manager Mindy Galoob told the San Francisco Chronicle. How can doing this help commercial retailers stay viable?