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I wish they pivoted into being a small purveyor of eclectic, non-bestseller books, almost like a Trader Joe's of bookstores. But no one seeks little-known books
by starpilot 16y ago
I wish they pivoted into being a small purveyor of eclectic, non-bestseller books, almost like a Trader Joe's of bookstores. But no one seeks little-known books like they do with music or even food.
- ja27 16y agoOr partner with Apple like Best Buy did. Seems like a perfect replacement for the huge CD areas they ripped out.
- quanticle 16y agoThat's not the problem. The problem is that there's no way they can compete with Amazon in the eclectic book market. As I see it, Borders lost its volume business to Barnes and Noble, and then lost its eclectic book business to Amazon. Between those two companies, there just wasn't a niche for a semi-specialty bookstore.