Thread: Could this be the last year for the big chains?
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Old 12-20-2010, 11:10 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by MV64 View Post
We are witnessing the "smaller selections" already. BN hardly carries any diversity of titles anymore, even popular classic authors aren't getting on the shelves.
About a year ago some coworkers from the Ukraine were visiting us in the States, and they wanted to buy some "classic" (ie public domain) books to take back with them. I took them to a Borders, and when we asked the clerks where the "classics" section was, we were given a sort of general "over there" answer, but all I found was a limited and very expensive selection. We ended up at B&N (which is just a 5 minute drive away!) and they had a whole Penguin's Classic display for something like $7 per book. I'm not surprised about Border's having issues; they can't even compete with B&N in my neighborhood.
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