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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
Oh yeah, I get the need to look into a book before buying, but it's one of the reasons they're diminishing. You don't take your kids to a store to sit down and read. You know? It's a place of business and they only exist to gain that profit, and if parents are taking their kids and telling them to pick out books and whatever to read to them and putting them back afterwards, it's not benefiting them.
That area is always a mess. Books are always all over the place. And actually I remember this lady I know who actually blogged on this topic too. They're as bad as the Apple Store pretty much.
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I think you are assuming facts not in evidence by saying that having people read in the store doesn't increase revenue in the long run. I would guess that the bulk of people who come in to "read for free" come away with a purchase or five -- especially once the kids get attached to a new series and can't live without the entire boxed set of Berenstein Bears or whatever they sell these days.
Heck, take the long view far enough, and I can point out that I've bought in adulthood books that I read "in store" that my parents couldn't afford at that time. And aside from those actual backlist titles I purchased, my love of reading that was nourished by an "in store" childhood has caused me to buy thousands of dollars of books in my adulthood -- many of them from B&N, actually. I'd say they made an intelligent investment choice there.