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ShazzieB
(16,368 posts)This is an impressive display, but insufficient information. I might look them up if I knew what they're called.
blogslug
(37,999 posts)orleans
(34,049 posts)Response to ShazzieB (Reply #1)
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Joinfortmill
(14,416 posts)NJCher
(35,654 posts)From a marketing standpoint. It hits all the important points: the space thing, the packaging waste, the reminder that with every purchase, bezos becomes richer.
dchill
(38,471 posts)...that are now closed.
Demovictory9
(32,448 posts)then with amazon, a lot of Barns and nobles closed.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)I'd make a weekend trip to Chicago, or St Louis, or Indianapolis, and make a circuit of local bookstores.
They are all gone now.
North Shore Chicago
(3,312 posts)The most unique smells, of old and new books.
A pleasant memory for me was the Bookmobile coming to my elementary school, I would do the 50 yard dash to be the first for Curious George.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)bif
(22,697 posts)Response to North Shore Chicago (Reply #9)
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sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)Hotler
(11,416 posts)If you want Amazon to be the world's only retailer, keep shopping there.
bif
(22,697 posts)They're both networks of independent bookstores. Biblio is strictly used while Alibris is new and used. I used to use Abe but guess who bought them?
Amishman
(5,555 posts)when you can have used for half the price. I care about the words on the pages, not if the cover has a few creases in it
ZonkerHarris
(24,221 posts)I would spend most of my lunch hour in it 3-4 days a week.
Bought all my books there.
It's gone now.
There's an Apple store in their old space, I think now.
Century City CA
Jose Garcia
(2,593 posts)bif
(22,697 posts)With your library card, these two sites will let you stream movies and borrow ebooks for free. I'm not into ebooks, but it looks like they're worth checking out (no pun intended).
FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)... it's all the other stuff they sell. They make it easy for small-time sellers to sell thru Amazon rather than a brick-and-mortar store that takes too long to build up traffic. When Jeff Bezos first started Amazon online, he was actually losing money selling books, or barely breaking even. It took a few years to iron out the kinks and to get people to trust online shopping. Now he's the king of retail.
I understand that book retailers are having a hard time competing with Amazon. But it's because they don't share Bezos' vision and they scoffed at what he was trying to do. He did it first and now he's the clear winner.
Dial H For Hero
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malaise
(268,930 posts)Rec