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Originally Posted by bingle
Huh, I honestly can't tell the difference between the two. They seem pretty indistinguishable already. I would even be surprised if there were much difference in the titles they carry. Of course, this would be bad for the consumer, but I don't think it would affect ebooks in any noticeable way.
I think any real differentiation in bookstores ended a while ago, with the gradual death of most of the little independent/used bookstores.
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Originally Posted by NatCh
This is subjective, of course (and mostly based on the SciFi/Fantasy sections, to boot), but it seems to me that B&N will generally carry more titles, but fewer copies of each, and will have "older" titles (ones that have been out a while, but aren't out of print, so it's easier to fill out your back series titles there). Borders on the other hand, tends to have mostly newer stuff, and in larger numbers of copies per title.
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This is mostly why I like BN better. They also tend to waste less shelfspace - I remember when Borders had those little blue blocks on the shelves that said things like "best seller" or "hot random thing of the week" or whatever they said. I used to look at them and go - each block = 6 paperbacks, and since I'm in the bookstore, I'd rather have the books than the blocks.