Re: “And thats why Barns and Noble and Borders are about to go belly up come and camp out all day and read our books”
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Is that true? Both chains in trouble? If so, good! I have not frequented one in several years as their unwashed lib ‘help’ just got too annoying for words, and all that other human garbage hanging around, not buying anything, just using their laptops and/or ruining books that no one will buy now that they have pawed thru them.
I know one lib who is so cheap that he goes to his local Barnes & Noble every day and reads books. He can finish off a huge book in a few days that way — never buys one thing. How is that good for business?
The B&N in a nearby university town ended up being a library for students and a magnet for homeless people, so it closed. The B&N in a suburb miles away is still doing business.
There’s a Borders in another nearby city and I hope it doesn’t close. They’ve managed to keep the homeless problem to a minimum.
What matters is that enough people are actually buying things there.
I’d never want an online bookstore to replace a real one. I love the experience of thumbing through a printed book before I decide to buy it, and to see related material on nearby shelves.