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Originally Posted by switchman2210
Interesting news. I can understand why.
Barnes & Noble has decided not to stock books published by Amazon in their physical stores, keeping the new publisher out of the country’s largest network of brick and mortar bookstores....
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Sorry, but a very stupid decision, in my opinion. That will only affect the customer, not Amazon.
B&N really needs to expand its in-store and online content much more and such action will just shrink available titles more.
They need to compete with service and more innovation.
Just the computer and database section ... I see the same old (2, 3 or even more years back) book across different stores. I understand not all people read such type of material, but gives you an idea of how behind they are in current titles and even competitive prices.
I want B&N open, I spend almost every weekend there, but if they can't compete with prices they should start reducing staff and/or closing some stores. Invest in more books and give a fantastic service.