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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I wonder how much of a real phenomenon this is.
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It's common in every industry that has an online sales component.
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The person who comes in your store is a whole lot more likely to buy a book than someone who doesn't come in your store.
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Well, yes. Which is why everyone who works at a bookstore thinks it's a ridiculous idea. The CEO of HarperCollins thinks maybe you could charge people to browse for books. She also apparently hangs out in places where people pay to try on shoes. She doesn't seem to grasp that books are not like shoes, that there is no $350 elite version of the new bestseller.
(I think you could potentially charge people for access to a book club ... but that's an entirely different model from a bookstore.)