From my own perspective: my wife and I love going to the local big-box bookstore, grabbing a few books or magazines off the shelf, buying a few coffee/bakery it

From my own perspective: my wife and I love going to the local big-box bookstore, grabbing a few books or magazines off the shelf, buying a few coffee/bakery items, and sitting for an hour or so. Judging from the crowd that accompanied us on most weekends, I don't think we're unique in that regard: the only money we're spending there is in the coffee shop, or through impulse purchases. The fact is, we buy most of our books on Amazon or other online retailers; the bookstore is a form of cheap entertainment for us, not a serious place to shop. Their variety of inventory simply wasn't good enough to rely on (I paint Barnes and Noble with this brush as well, and the last time I was in a Chapters, it was similar), and overnight shipping is close enough to instant gratification for us.