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Any cool electronic bookstores that let me bring in coffee? Besides my living room with the laptop in it?
I've always liked Borders more; probably because I worked at a B&N during and a few years after college. It was one of the first "superstores", even though it didn't have a cafe or sell music. It actually closed a few years ago; unable to compete with a larger B&N, Borders and Amazon. I was forced to wear a corporate yoke... er.. a tie, and envied the kids in their jeans and t-shirts over at Borders. *sigh* I sure miss the 40% discount during the holidays when I'd horde books wherever I could.
If the two do merge there will certainly be a reduction in selection; if only for the simple reason that the two companies have a tendency to build their edifaces as close to each other as possible and stores will be closed.
If Borders & Noble happens, I think they'll have even less of an incentive to sell ebooks. Both B&N and Borders reluctantly started online sales in the late 90's; I doubt they had much choice in the matter. I doubt they'll ever see ebooks as the same sort of competition that online sales created, and with one less kid on the block... *shrug*
Eh. I'll stick to my favorite used book stores, online used books stores, my current ebook infatuation and Amazon.
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