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Originally Posted by nekokami
You might be able to have the waitstaff provide book advice, too (and even reader device info), but you'd have to pay them more, which would drive up the price of the beverages, etc. sold in the café. I still think it could work, especially if you had events like book clubs, author readings, etc. I keep hoping for something like this to happen. I'd spend tons of time in a place like that.  |
I live within walking distance of a Borders and a Barnes and Noble superstore with cafes. I would not expect the waitstaff to provide that information, or know anything about it. Aside from having to pay them more, if the cafe is successful, they are too busy selling and serving food and beverages to the customers to have the time required for that sort of assistance.
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do expect the sales folks on the floor to have some knowledge of the books they sell and stock, if only to tell me whether they have a title in stock.
You would want something like a docent, who could provide information on readers and available electronic books. That person might well either be based in the cafe, or give scheduled talks on the matter in the cafe, though normally based elsewhere.
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Dennis