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Most books are not $8 cheaper at Amazon than at B&N. Just because one book might be cheaper doesn't mean anything. I don't see the gas used to go to the store to be a big problem, I like getting out of the house and I like going to bookstores. I'd be going out anyway, why not spend some time in a bookstore? In the town where I grew up, the nearest bookstore was 60 miles away, it was a treat to get to go to a bookstore. E-books would have been a godsend back then. So, I'm not saying there's no advantage to e-books by any means. Just that for a lot of people, going out to a bookstore isn't an ordeal.
I have a Kindle, so I would have to say that one of the best things about B&N is that it creates competition. Without competition, little good happens for consumers.
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