If B&N goes under, my city of 400,000 people will have lost its last bookstore. Think about that for a second, we really are going into a barbarian age.
There’s an advantage to buying on Amazon - they don’t hide and/or misfile the conservative books. Every time my wife has gone to B&N with a buy list it drives her nuts.
OK, it may be that the customers are hiding the books. But when you ask help finding a conservative book, the clerks all too often get snotty. We had one who, when asked for help, muttered under her breath “Do people ever read this stuff?” Nice.
I quite liked Waterstones in London. Similar vibe to Barnes.
Books will be collectors items in the not to distant future. Like buggy whips, booksellers are a thing of the past.
What’s the next step in censorship after the paper bookstores are all gone..?
Once The Establishment doesn’t like you..?
All your stuff will disappear in a few keystrokes.
From the reader’s tablets and phones?
Yes.
You need physical books to stuff in the septic tank. Just sayin.
Love, Team Randall
I love my local Barnes & Noble. I can get the history books I want. I can get the conservative books I want. I can get the Christian books I want.
The workers there are polite, and helpful. Just browsing there on a lazy afternoon is fun. As kaehurowing noted, losing a bookstore is a step towards barbarism. It’s like losing a museum.
“In view of the success they have had in the bookselling marketplace, I believe they are uniquely suited to improve and grow our company for many years ahead.”
I take this to mean that they’re buying the stores, the inventory and taking over the management? I don’t see where the actual STORES will be leaving, though probably some consolidation in poorer-performing areas.
Besides my local Library, and buying (and selling!) on Amazon, the only book store I’ve been to in ages IS Barnes & Noble.
It seems to me it’ll be the same thing as Pro Bass Shops buying the Cabela’s brand. Beau & I shop there at least 6 times a year; I can’t see that much has changed other than there is more women’s clothing, candles and lotions and a better selection of female boots and shoes.
Not a bad thing. :)
Eliot Mgt is run by vampires and the chief is a lib demon.
1) Private Company purchases struggling company. Money is made by Directors and above of both companies along with everyone who gets a piece of the transaction fees.
2) Struggling company struggles even more under large debt burden and ultimately fails.
3) Directors and Above in the failing company get golden parachutes. Parasites get rich off fees from putting company into bankruptcy.
4) Company is sold off in parts. The only losers are the pension funds who are holding the debt. The other winner is the guy at the pension fund who was bribed to present the debt as a good investment to the pension fund.
It looks like B&N is bound for the dustbin of history while many individuals who will add no value to anything will walk away rich and smug.
If I had that much money I certainly would NOT invest in a bookstore chain...madness!
Last time I went to Barnes and Noble they only had a couple aisles of books. They’re mainly just a Starbuck’s that sells novelty items.