Thread: "Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For About $683 Million"
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Old 08-21-2019, 10:06 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
This. Plus, I personally have not the slightest wish to be "successful" as per today's standards (i.e. ambitious, career-driven, rich and famous). What a horrid life that would be. My ideal is to live a quiet, peaceful, stress-free life and enjoy simple everyday pleasures. Like reading. Which I do because I enjoy it, not because I want to "succeed".

Granted, without ambitious people we would still be living in huts. So I respect them. But I've never wished to be one of them. To each his own.
I agree with you. I read purely for enjoyment.

I feel bad because I want B&N to survive but I am not doing much to help that along. I have purchased my 4th Nook (new 7.8") but I do not buy books from them. I don't buy paper books because I don't like to read paper books anymore. I don't buy Nook books because I cannot liberate them anymore. I went to the store to buy my Nook but have not been back since. If I am a typical customer, B&N is doomed.
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