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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Begging your pardon sir, I have never bought adult stuff in a B&M store.
I always bought through either a catalog or online. This is not due to embarrassment but cost. Catalog and online is nearly always cheaper than a B&M store in this case.
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Fair enough, but the existence of B&M stores creates an awareness of the existence of the product category. That was my point.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Oh and I used Walmart because I have heard the Same Exact stuff that you are saying Amazon does. Different products but same exact wording.
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Sure. And I've used them as an example myself. In some geographical markets (e.g. very small towns), they actually are potentially a monopoly on certain types of products, so I guess I was being overly broad with my dismissal of that example. My apologies.
The point I was trying to make there was that most of the time, in most markets, for most products, Wal-Mart isn't a monopoly, so they can get away with things that Amazon can't because it is basically a monopoly within many of its markets, in spite of Wal-Mart, B&N, and others making their best attempts at creating competing marketplaces.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Oh and on libraries, there are really only 3 factors, which will people likely borrow, the cost to get the books and storage. Cost being the most important of the three.
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It depends on why they're buying the book. All the libraries I know prefer to get hardcover copies because they last a lot longer. But if they're buying multiple copies of some new title that they expect to be in high demand, they will buy only one or two hardcover copies that will last long-term, and buy the rest as paperback, knowing that they'll just be selling those additional copies in a used book sale after demand dies down.
But I suppose it depends on the library. Some of them buy paperback books and rebind them, too, particularly if that is cheaper.