09-21-2012, 05:47 AM | #31 | ||
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09-22-2012, 01:01 PM | #32 | |
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About 40 or so miles away is a Office Max. I actually like that store. It used to be in the 15 mile area. There is only one big book store nearby. A BAM within 15 miles B&N is about 50 miles away. Of course Ingles, Bilo, CVS and other grocery stores and pharmacies have some books. Dollar stores of various kinds have $1.00, $1.25 books, some hardbound. There is a campus college book store and a used book store nearby. Parking is too difficult for the college book store to be of much use. The used book store stinks of that mold and mildew smell from old paper books, and their prices for buying used books makes it not worthwhile to bother. Even Science Fiction. I only went once, well twice to pick up a pitiful check. |
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09-22-2012, 01:13 PM | #33 | |
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The exception might be for people who are buying the K. as a gift - while the giftee may be comfortable with ordering online, the giftor may not be. Still, I don't think a Kindle is really an impulse present. |
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09-22-2012, 03:37 PM | #34 |
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Interesting. Actually, I was in Walmart yesterday, if anything, it looked like they were preparing to get the new Kindle lineup in. They had moved all Nook devices into a display of their own, somewhat dimly lit, I might add, but the other, brightly lit case had a poster in the back featuring the new Kindle line, and all old Kindle models were gone with the brackets that held them empty.
Then I saw this thread, so maybe not. |
09-22-2012, 05:41 PM | #36 | |
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I can definately see people in Walmart working on a sales plan that features products corporate decided not to carry. |
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09-22-2012, 06:53 PM | #37 | |
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I've also been tempted to buy a Kindle Touch from a store for myself, walking passed the stand on numerous occasions. I want a Paperwhite now, so will have to go down the internet route, but if I'd bought a Touch it would have been on impulse in a store rather than having to waiting 48 looooong hours for an internet order! |
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09-22-2012, 11:58 PM | #38 | |
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09-24-2012, 01:15 AM | #39 |
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I can see that happening too. It is a pity though, as Walmart is the only place in town to carry any e-readers. I suppose it is good news for B&N, since anyone looking for a reader locally see the Nook models with no competition around.
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09-24-2012, 07:23 AM | #40 |
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I supose you are right graycyn, however I think that readers who want a kindle will get that even if it means going on-line even if its not available locally.
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09-24-2012, 02:23 PM | #41 |
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I agree, anyone who has Kindle on the brain will know they can get it easily online. But for those who are simply shopping for a quick gift, they might not be so picky. So, as I say, a possible plus for B&N. Depends on what else they might put in the old Kindle case though.
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09-26-2012, 02:34 PM | #42 | |
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09-28-2012, 10:57 PM | #43 | |
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