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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I think you're right on the "sell more than just books", however. The B&N superstore near me, for example, has new bestsellers front and center as you enter on the ground floor, with rest of floor taken up by cards/gifts/knick-knacks/nooks. Most books are on other three floors, with cafe on third. Bookstores will increasingly diversify product mix to survive.
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Dennis
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Borders tried to diversify, no?
CDs, DVDs, stuffed bears.
Thing is, is a bookstore still a bookstore if it makes its money off everything *except* books? At what point does stocking books become a public service or loss leader instead of your core business?
Cause if books are just a traffic-draw for your *real* profit center... Well, that is why Target and Walmart sell books.
Is B&N going to become just another dry goods retailer masquerading as a book store?
I dunno...