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Well, I will say this in defense of B&N: I sit and read books I have no intention of purchasing at a WNY Barnes & Noble around 10 hours per week on average. I do purchase a coffee or tea from the in-store cafe every other visit or so. I've yet to do that at an Amazon warehouse. Given that you go often and yet are criticizing people for purchasing books there, you might well do something similar to what I do
This essentially stealing the book. It's allowed but B&N isn't the library.
I just don't get how people justify that they go into a bookstore and sit for hours reading a book but not buy it (and think buying a beverage or a pastry makes it okay) - they have these things called Libraries!!
Amazon. Backordered,shipping cost. Lost. Damaged. I ordered and it took 6 weeks to get the book. It got shipped from NJ,over to California,then to GA,then finally to PA. It got some great tours of the USA!
At barnes- book in stock,wait ten minutes, leave a happy customer.
I love published in print books.
I got a 50% off one book of my choice ( up to 30$) by writing to a publishing company about a typographical error. Sometimes the customer gets a thanks with a coupon
Why do people see Amazon as some kind of brick and mortar killer? It's so bizarre. I remember how ages ago, I used to think that I didn't have to shop anywhere else outside of Amazon to get what I want. Now it's the opposite; I don't see what the big deal is anymore. I buy all my books everywhere else except Amazon now, especially indie places like Edward R. Hamilton and The Illustrated Press, Edward R. Hamilton, especially. That place is actually cheaper than Amazon!
As for why I would choose B and N over Amazon? That's easy. I love browsing the bargain books section (which have fun coffee table books) and getting copies of specialty magazines that are hard to find. The B and Ns in NYC have tons of great UK magazines in digital media and illustration, and you can't just pick up a copy of Imagine FX or Cosmopolitan UK at Amazon.
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Originally Posted by Matt Marcinkiewicz
Well, I will say this in defense of B&N: I sit and read books I have no intention of purchasing at a WNY Barnes & Noble around 10 hours per week on average. I do purchase a coffee or tea from the in-store cafe every other visit or so. I've yet to do that at an Amazon warehouse. Given that you go often and yet are criticizing people for purchasing books there, you might well do something similar to what I do
It’s not like anyone spends time writing those silly book things, or has to pay bills and buy food from the sales or anything like that.
Thanks a lot (wow)
- from a published author, and on behalf of most of my peers. At least have the decency to read at a library. They get my books discounted but I still get paid. Most authors don’t get those giant advance checks either, in case you feel entitled because we’re all “stinking rich”
I purposely recently paid more to buy a book from Barnes & Noble because I wanted to help the chain to stay in business. It’s sad that Amazon is running so many brick and mortar companies (including malls) out of business.
Amazon is becoming a monopoly and the government should take a look at them.
They're also destroying indie designers and product makers but that's for a whole other thread.
Some people value the bookstore experience. They like to browse and make serendipitous discoveries of books they might not have found otherwise. They like to see and experience the books before they buy them.
I do all of the above that you mentioned. I ask BN workers for suggestions or help finding books. I read a little bit of the book in the store. But I end up buying the book at Amazon.com.
" Why would someone wait in line at Barnes and Noble to purchase a book when theres Amazon.com? "
Why sit around waiting for a book when you can just go get it?
It's more convenient if the books are shipped to my home. Why carry all those books back home?
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