tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post6286212519256863135..comments2024-03-28T16:20:18.628-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Barnes & Noble Loses Less Than ExpectedSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-14855510117694145012009-05-26T17:02:56.689-05:002009-05-26T17:02:56.689-05:00That's an unusual turn of events, Erin. Three che...That's an unusual turn of events, Erin. Three cheers for the indie...Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-36382120587625358882009-05-26T16:00:41.105-05:002009-05-26T16:00:41.105-05:00They already closed the B&N by my house. Grant...They already closed the B&N by my house. Granted it was in a high rent district, but still...It is not all bad though because there is a really good indie bookstore on the next block that was hurting when B&N moved in, so now the pressure is off.Erin in Bostonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-36183555961743148782009-05-25T09:31:49.396-05:002009-05-25T09:31:49.396-05:00Factotum, I don't usually get a headache when ...Factotum, I don't usually get a headache when reading on one of the e-book devices, but I can't read as many pages on one of those as I can in a book before my eyes seem to tire...definitely don't enjoy the reading experience as much on the e-Reader.<br /><br />I understand that B&N and Borders make a lot of profit in their coffee shops but it does bother me to see magazines and Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-59032267771977961992009-05-25T09:27:34.870-05:002009-05-25T09:27:34.870-05:00Suzi, see this link for some detail on Crown Books...Suzi, see this link for some detail on Crown Books:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Books<br /><br />Crown was pretty big in Houston for a while and was very successfully competing with Barnes & Noble and was bigger here than Borders is even today, I think. They had smaller shops located all over the city in places that the B&N people shunned at the time. Ironically, todaySam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-64634611541045615312009-05-25T09:24:00.474-05:002009-05-25T09:24:00.474-05:00Staci, I don't think they will completely go away,...Staci, I don't think they will completely go away, but I do wonder if they will have to downsize or cut back on the number of locations - or both?Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67752735004006778132009-05-25T09:23:12.435-05:002009-05-25T09:23:12.435-05:00You might be right about the timing, C.B. The pac...You might be right about the timing, C.B. The pace of change seems to be accelerating all the time - I'm afraid to sleep anymore. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-79269052409911906842009-05-25T09:21:34.758-05:002009-05-25T09:21:34.758-05:00I knew you'd come up with the solution, Annie. :-...I knew you'd come up with the solution, Annie. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-78835232021221162892009-05-25T08:49:45.591-05:002009-05-25T08:49:45.591-05:00I don't know what it's like to read on a k...I don't know what it's like to read on a kindle, but I do know that I get a migraine if I spend too much time on the computer and that doesn't happen when I spend the same amount of time reading a paper book. I wonder if other people are affected the same way.<br /><br />As far as people using B&N as a library/coffee shop: I think that is called stealing. You know -- to sit in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-57509547536769861612009-05-24T23:45:05.208-05:002009-05-24T23:45:05.208-05:00I don't remember Crown books. Where were they? Wh...I don't remember Crown books. Where were they? When?Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-68319062550727871372009-05-24T21:24:00.848-05:002009-05-24T21:24:00.848-05:00To think that book stores of this magnitude may cl...To think that book stores of this magnitude may close their doors one day is scary!! I love my internet but I don't want everything from it!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-31074282706205817812009-05-24T08:44:42.668-05:002009-05-24T08:44:42.668-05:00I do remember Crown Books and lots of other bookst...I do remember Crown Books and lots of other bookstores, too. I suspect things will look very different for books, probably in five years, let alone ten. <br /><br />Thanks for keeping us up-to-date on this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67324346110282901792009-05-23T22:42:58.944-05:002009-05-23T22:42:58.944-05:00Everybody go buy books (from Barnes & Noble)! ...Everybody go buy books (from Barnes & Noble)! ;)Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.com