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Originally Posted by basschick
jament - if we all used bookstores (or any kind of stores) for browsing only, soon there wouldn't be any bookstores at all.
btw, i rarely go to bookstores. the thing is that they are limited in space. i tended for years to go try a new series or a new book in a series or books on a particular subject only to find the store would have to order it and it would take longer than getting it from an online store. and probably one out of six visits, i'd want a book that was out of print. this happened to me a lot - i mean REALLY a lot, and i became disenchanted to a degree. also i find i like browsing used bookstores more than new, as i tend to like odd or out of print books.
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The 'browse' in the bookstore & buy online could actually be made to work-if the online bookstores would support it. (All that would be needed are 1) where did you hear about this book? and 2) a 'commission' plan that would pay the BM bookstore a referral fee.) But I doubt if they will. Even the ones that are run by companies with BM bookstores (like B&N) probably won't look at the synergy generated by keeping both sites. More likely the bean counters will look at the profit & expense directly generated by each site, in which case they'll close the BM stores. And wonder why their ebook sales dropped, too?