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Originally Posted by faithbw
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I browse the aisles, grab a cup at the coffee shop, and make mental notes of new and interesting titles. Then I go home and see what I can get on my Kindle. I love bookstores for the experience they offer, but I don't really want to buy my books in them.
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This has probably hurt bookstores more than anything. It's not the Kindle itself that is hurting bookstores but the fact that you can get cheaper books at places like Amazon, Half.com, etc. People just aren't getting books from bookstores. They like the experience of the bookstore but not buying books from bookstores. E-Books are just helping to speed up the process.
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The last time I was in B&N I didn't wait till I got home to check internet prices. I scanned the barcode w/ my phone and it popped right up. I felt that I was being fair when I checked BN.com against their store that I was in. Sure I would love for B&N to survive, but am I willing to pay twice as much for a book from Barnes and Noble vs. BN.com? I was looking to buy 2 physical books, not ebooks and they were half the price from B&N's own internet store. I ended up walking out without making an in-store purchase.
Most of their stores are quite empty. My closest store is 2.5 mis. away, in Aventura, FL; that store is ALWAYS busy. At Christmas the register lines were wrapping around like a snake, and I didn't even try to get near a Nook. I have never been in there when it wasn't full of people. It's also a beautiful store. It's huge and L shaped with floor to ceiling windows w/ southern and western light. You'll often see people sitting all along the window sills reading.