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Originally Posted by mscott9985
It's an interesting concept, but I'm not sure if I'd personally be interested in going to such a place. It's just so much easier to download books from home.
Maybe if the e-bookstores had really, really good freshly baked muffins  |
Yes, competing with what you can do at home is going to be somewhat tough. But, although they have evolved quite a bit, think about video and record stores. What you need is something that differentiates. Buying is sort of like hunting and gathering, and humans tend to do that in groups, marketeers know selling to individuals is tougher. Plus the idea is to have an even more packaged environment. Sort of like what movie theaters are to TV. Better picture, somewhat communal experience. And you're right, muffins (a nice little bakery or an ice cream stand for the kids) would be nice, yogurt + fruit + salad if you wanted to be less accused of making people fat (although diet books are always big).