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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Yep. Same/same. I was going to just blab the location, but then thought maybe you didn't want that 
Since I've moved to ebooks, paper books have lost their appeal. Hanging around in B&N is still pleasurable, but I figure they may not appreciate me taking up space, when I'm not buying anything, so I rarely go there now.
But, like you I went in this weekend with the thought in my head that the store may not be around too much longer. A shame, as this location seems to do just fine. But if the business goes, this one store can't stand on its own.
By the way, I really miss the Borders in the next shopping center. I rarely go to Market Street any longer since Borders is gone.
It's also likely partly due to B&N canning all their full-time/long term staff. That should have been the last straw with B&N and me, but with the collapse of Borders and most other local book shops closing, there's not much choice.
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Nice to know we are in the same place.
Just back from this B and N and it was packed with people, plus many children in the kids section as it’s a holiday today. There was a really great atmosphere. I wish they could keep this particular store open somehow. The bargain bins for 75% items all over the place downstairs don’t give it a premium feel though. I go there for each birthday in our family and buy books, toys, board games, dvds, records. We really are trying to keep it going.
The Borders was already gone by the time we moved here, we use Market Street for Starbucks and the cinema and that’s it really. It’s a nice place to wander around, but I’m not interested in fancy jewelry stores.
It’s funny to think the large book store used to be the bad guy (like in the film You’ve Got Mail), and now it is the underdog and almost on the way out. All in the space of twenty years...