During the halcyon days of bookstores and libraries, dozens of patrons would stand in the aisles between multiple rows of bookshelves with their shoulders hunched and heads bowed, studying the covers and contents of books in an effort to decide whether a book was worth purchasing or borrowing for further reading at home. But these days, bookstores and libraries are rapidly disappearing from the American landscape, leaving consumers with only a few places where it is acceptable to stand in aisle…