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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
figuring out how to repackage books to a declining, but loyal, audience of consumers who will actually prefer to buy paper over electrons, and books where books are sold next books and not cough remedies.
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Before Christmas, I shopped at our local Chapter's store, buying some books for various young nieces and nephews. I appreciated being able to buy toys that matched up with the books (Winnie the Pooh bear and Thomas the Train shtuff), nice wrapping paper, and cards to make a complete package. I think that is an example of the kind of buying need/desire that is not well met at other kinds of stores. I browsed the books while I was there, and while I did not buy any of them at the time, I would have had I been able to buy electronically through a WiFi connection or some sort of kiosk. If the store was able to offer that service and monetize it for themselves, I think this would be a fairly common experience.
From my POV, the issue is that I do this sort of thing only a few times of year. Most of the time I have no need or desire to go to the store for my reading needs. The last time I had been there was when an author did a reading--something else that is not likely to happen at WalMart.