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Originally Posted by anamardoll
The comfy chairs are gone, though, at least in my local B&N.
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That's sad. It seems pretty clear that the big B&Ns around me are banking on the idea that if you want people purchase stuff in the store, then you must first get them in the store.
The one's here went from AT&T paid wifi (iirc) to free wifi, from mediocre cafe cakes to Cheesecake Factory brand, and have free story time and other activities for kids. I don't know their financial state, but there's no "Store Closing' signs yet, and when we stop in to browse, we walk out having bought something more often than not.
Items on shelves get my kids to beg for stuff. Amazon's web site, as much as I love it, does not.