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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
I believe the problem is that while B&N is giving you a raft of free ebooks, it doesn't sound like anything that people actually want.
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I've always thought B&N would do well with a "trade-in" deal, but it DOES seem like a "you get 50, here's a list of 150 to choose from" would interest customers more than a set one-size-fits-all list.
NONE of those titles seem like anything I'd want, the cookbook and Little Women come free with a B&N account anyway, and frankly I'd find the entire B&N Classics library (PD though it is) to be more compelling of a deal, just because most of them do seem to be pretty nicely formatted.
@Jessica, my B&N has actually removed the chairs and I hate it. The "read-in-store" feature is worthless to me if I don't have a comfy place to sit, and that was potentially a good draw to get me to try-and-buy books from them. They would have made a bundle off me, so it was a mutually beneficial relationship, but they apparently felt the way you do about free-loading customers not being welcome in the store.
