Barnes & Noble also publishes their own copies of public domain classics.
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Originally Posted by wikipedia
CEO Stephen Riggio has been quoted as saying that he expects 10% of Barnes & Noble bookstore sales to come from books published in-house. While this has been praised as a good business strategy, it is controversial in both bookselling and publishing industry circles because of the competitive advantages conferred by vertical integration.
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I still shop there, but I do generally like Borders more. As it happens, though, there is no Borders conveniently near me.
I do not buy online from Barnes & Noble, after they mangled a Christmas gift order a couple of years ago, misinforming me that products had shipped which had not, subsequently promising that they would ship by a specific date and then lying AGAIN, etc. All of this resulted in me canceling my order and making a midnight run to the closest Borders to be ready for a family holiday get-together the next day. The local Barnes & Noble store manager, when informed of this, actually provided me with a store credit to use in the bricks & mortar stores, which I thought was very decent, considering that they hadn't caused the problem.
When I buy online, I prefer Powells.com, because I know they pay their employees a living wage, and they have never spammed me (as both Amazon and B&N have, and Borders is still doing -- you can't get a discount card at Borders unless you are willing to receive spam, which I think is appalling).