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Originally Posted by xg4bx
''HarperCollins c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley has said the idea of the bookshop as a book club, charging for browsing, is "not that insane", given the level of threat faced by the general bookshop.
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William Gibson toyed with this in
Virtual Light. You paid an admission fee of $500 to get onto the ship, and they gave you a $500 gift card at the top of the gangplank. The idea was that if you went there, you were expected to spend at least $500 before going back ashore.