jetsfan Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 "Bookstore employees don't just sell books, they sell the activity of reading, and this decision throws thousands of them out of work," said Simba Information senior trade analyst Michael Norris. "This industry is going to slowly figure out that a lot of e-book readers still use bookstores all the time to discover what's new before heading home to buy it for their e-reading device." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 More big names to come it seems. Everyone's getting more and more into the buy-it-online thing. Sad, and another insidiously small step to dehumanization of our society and shreadding of "the community" via technology. Started with the car and TV, continued on with computers etc etc. It's all about convenience. Yeah yeah I'm a dinosaur and etc but I stand by what I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 another insidiously small step to dehumanization of our society and shreadding of "the community" via technology because a cookie-cutter corporate big-box retailer is going out of business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 just FYI, guys...I'm not going to be the one to talk beer down from the ledge when he finds out Bennigan's went out of business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 That sucks, I liked popping into Borders for a coffee and to kill a couple hours reading. I once spent about 7 hours there cramming for my PMP exam because I was too cheap to buy the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 just FYI, guys...I'm not going to be the one to talk beer down from the ledge when he finds out Bennigan's went out of business... "Applebee's has gone belly up? NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo........" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Well let's be honest, it was a crappy business model. You never had to buy a book, you could just go in there and sit down and read until the cows came home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Well let's be honest, it was a crappy business model. You never had to buy a book, you could just go in there and sit down and read until the cows came home. Yeah, come to think of it, I never did buy anything there other than the coffee. They should have charged a lot more for it in retrospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm going to be really upset if Barnes & Noble goes belly up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 NIche book stores will still have a place in your community. You just have to seek them out and purchase from them and support your local stores. Same thing with food, furniture, anything really. Americans just need to get over the mentality that they have to live far away from things to achieve their sense of entitled space. Eventually, I can see flights BACK to the urban core. Which will revitalize the idea of the corner store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 NIche book stores will still have a place in your community. You just have to seek them out and purchase from them and support your local stores. Same thing with food, furniture, anything really. Americans just need to get over the mentality that they have to live far away from things to achieve their sense of entitled space. Eventually, I can see flights BACK to the urban core. Which will revitalize the idea of the corner store. ...and then we will all crap puppies and rainbows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Eventually, I can see flights BACK to the urban core. yeah they call it gentrification and it's been happening for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 yeah they call it gentrification and it's been happening for a long time. yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilly Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 NIche book stores will still have a place in your community. You just have to seek them out and purchase from them and support your local stores. Same thing with food, furniture, anything really. Americans just need to get over the mentality that they have to live far away from things to achieve their sense of entitled space. Eventually, I can see flights BACK to the urban core. Which will revitalize the idea of the corner store. This! I've got this great used bookstore near me that I use all the time. You can bring in books for credit, and I usually end up walking out of there with 2 or 3 paperbacks for $7.00 or so. Awesome if you can find one near you. But, I will miss Borders...there are two in my town that will close down. I would go in there to browse....rarely bought anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 eBooks killed real books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 My wife and I couldn't continue affording our $2000+ a year habit, so we started going to the library a few years back. I suspect that more and more people are doing the same. Lucky for B&N, Borders went down first. Big reader are ya Ope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 because a cookie-cutter corporate big-box retailer is going out of business? Pls note the part where I said "another insidiously small step..." just FYI, guys...I'm not going to be the one to talk beer down from the ledge when he finds out Bennigan's went out of business... Thx for trying to make me feel better. I will miss it if similar places go down though ie B&N etc. Ironically, one of my fav reasons for going there in the summer was to browse FF mags, but they're on the way out now and I'll probably never buy another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 We have a 1/2 Price Books here in town that is packed often. Being 2 blocks from Whole Foods doesn't hurt. I can see them having problems as well as the readers take over. A very sad an interesting suject there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Meh... Down here we either burn 'em or ban 'em, not quite sure, aside from this, why we'd need a bookstore anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 The companies that best adapt their business models to the evolving technologies and proclivities of the masses will be the one that survives. B&N has their own reader and offers digital downloads, Borders fell behind here and the affect of that is clear, similar to how Blockbuster has gone bankrupt due to their slow move to the digital age when facing competition from Netflix and even Redbox kiosks. B&N also previously embraced the instore coffee shop/reading area. Also many have free wifi. Next step for them could/should be adding in plenty of charging stations for nooks and encouraging people to come in to the store for a relaxing environment to read where they can get their coffee/pastry and read in peace. Alternate revenue streams is the key, so while they may see a decline in sales of paper books, they could replace that with increased digital download revenue stream and the "other" income such as inhouse Starbucks, etc., much like you see at grocery stores these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Pimp Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 That sucks, I liked popping into Borders for a coffee and to kill a couple hours reading. I once spent about 7 hours there cramming for my PMP exam because I was too cheap to buy the book. So basically you could go to a coffee shop and grab a drink and then head to the library and get the exact same experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 So basically you could go to a coffee shop and grab a drink and then head to the library and get the exact same experience. Last time I was at the library there were a bunch of homeless people surfing porn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Last time I was at the library there were a bunch of homeless people surfing porn. Were they wearing their wizard robes and hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 that cybersex exchange was classic. No, Falcons T-shirt, dirty jeans and new Nikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Last time I was at the library there were a bunch of homeless people surfing porn. Just ask polksalet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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