Thread: David Nicholls: Browsing bookshops then buying online is a 'genteel form of shoplifti
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Old 04-26-2015, 01:11 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
I think it's a stupid premise.

Who will ever go to a book shop to browse through books, then come back home, and buy the e-book at Amazon or Kobo? I think nobody ever will; no-one will even browse books and then buy the p-book at Amazon... why would you? Just read the Kindle preview, or use the Look Inside function before buying. Nobody needs to see or feel a book before buying it.

The other way around would be much more logical, for people who like p-books and want to support local book shops: browse books online, read preview chapters online, and then go buy the book in a local store.
I wish you were wrong.
I can't remember how many how many times I heard "I can get that for less at Amazon" while running the POS station.
The good news: those were maybe 1% of the people browsing
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