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Originally Posted by Neil
You're right on the exact same for a little less. But, I opted to go with B&N instead just to support the continued existence of actual bookstores. Every time I go past a ghost of Borders I find myself thinking that I better support B&N while I can -- as well as the very, very few Indie bookstores on Long Island.
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You know who killed Borders,
and why, right?
I don't believe in "real" bookstores. They all exist, which is why there is a bookstore to name.
Amazon is a bookstore, Kobo is a bookstore, Google is a bookstore, Walmart is a very small bookstore, Apple is, well, isn't a bookstore
, just as much as B&N and interestingly B&N is no more grassroots than them.
Support your local indie bookstore, let the homogenized chains like B&N wither and die, maybe.
B&N died a while back, they are now the Walmart of books. They provide no service beyond looking up and purchasing a named book, and at least Amazon ships to your door.
Indies, yes. Indies are real bookstores, in the sense of providing an immersive book experience. You can talk to the staff and they know what they are talking about.