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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
oh my. if "the area's leading book retailer" is Dymock's, i can think of at least two people around here who are going to cry.
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No, it's Angus & Robertson, the other biggie, and they were once my favourite pre-Borders but they've seemingly stagnated and declined - their stores can have a tendency to look like $2 shops, and they frequently seem to have the old "tables full of books on sale" in large shopping centres, which doesn't contribute to an image of being a "bright light in book selling" (though the sales figures tell a different story). I reckon they needed to buy Borders to get back in though, as I suspect Dymocks were pushing forward and into so many markets. If they absorb the "modern book store" quality and thoroughness of Borders, I don't think it can hurt them. I hope not. I hope they grind their coming success into the face of Dymocks.
Dymocks pulled out of the tender I think late last year. If they'd "won", I would be shouting "LIGHT YOUR TORCHES AND GRAB A FARM IMPLEMENT, PEOPLE. IT'S TIME TO GO MOB-RULE ON A BOOKSTORE CHAIN!".
Incidentally, the best, largest, most thorough, most organised book store I have ever been into in Australia? Kinokuniya, in Australia only located in The Galeries Victoria in Sydney. It's a book-browser's dream.
Cheers,
Marc