The venerable John King King Books in Detroit has garnered himself some media attention of late with what he is calling an “Everything Must Go Sale” at his two satellite stores in Ferndale and near Wayne State University. His downtown Detroit store which is the flagship with more than 1 million books is not having a sale.

King has been telling the Associated Press and other media that the internet is killing business. He pointed to pricing for older books that hovers around $8. And of course Google has millions of older books available for free so why pay for a story about a whale when you can get it free.

King told the AP that if didn’t move inventory he wasn’t sure what he would do.