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rleguillow · 03-09-2011, 04:17 PM

On the other hand... I do read ebooks and have an interest in the readers, but... when I go to Barnes and Noble, I'm there for pbooks. I've been very disappointed, the last few times I went to my local B&N, to find that major amounts of geography have been given over to excessive Nook displays (like, 10-12 tables of Nook displays), all of the salespeople seen are seen in the Nook area, and books in this bookstore have been shoved to one side, crammed into the reduced space, and reduced in number because there is no room for them.

My thinking is, by all means, have a good display for ebooks, and someone knowledgeable to answer questions about them and show them off. But since this is a bookstore (about half of which is given over to a coffeeshop, an extensive toy display, cards, lamps, bags and dustcatchers, CDs and DVDs and now Nooks), perhaps a little balance would be a good thing.

One more thing, besides that prices online at BN.com are generally lower than prices in the store, to make me not go into the store. And (pardon my soapbox) it is when I'm in the store that I spend way too much money on books. Online, I find the one I went for and close the sale. I am all for ebooks and ebook readers - but the booksellers sure are shooting themselves in the foot trying to compete with Amazon. IMHO.

03-09-2011, 04:17 PM	#45
rleguillow Always Reading Posts: 110 Karma: 1002645 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: North Carolina Device: FW 1192, PRS-700, kobo, Rocket, PRS-650, Nook Glow, Kobo Glo, others	On the other hand... I do read ebooks and have an interest in the readers, but... when I go to Barnes and Noble, I'm there for pbooks. I've been very disappointed, the last few times I went to my local B&N, to find that major amounts of geography have been given over to excessive Nook displays (like, 10-12 tables of Nook displays), all of the salespeople seen are seen in the Nook area, and books in this bookstore have been shoved to one side, crammed into the reduced space, and reduced in number because there is no room for them. My thinking is, by all means, have a good display for ebooks, and someone knowledgeable to answer questions about them and show them off. But since this is a bookstore (about half of which is given over to a coffeeshop, an extensive toy display, cards, lamps, bags and dustcatchers, CDs and DVDs and now Nooks), perhaps a little balance would be a good thing. One more thing, besides that prices online at BN.com are generally lower than prices in the store, to make me not go into the store. And (pardon my soapbox) it is when I'm in the store that I spend way too much money on books. Online, I find the one I went for and close the sale. I am all for ebooks and ebook readers - but the booksellers sure are shooting themselves in the foot trying to compete with Amazon. IMHO.