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Chapters was great when they first opened, with a massive selection of books on many topics. Even without much in the way of curation, the selection alone made
by tlavoie 5y ago
Chapters was great when they first opened, with a massive selection of books on many topics. Even without much in the way of curation, the selection alone made it possible to go a bit nuts with purchases.
Over time, their selection became poorer and poorer. Say, the "computer science" section of old, eventually lost anything like a text book, and became a few shelves of certification guides and "X for Dummies" books. Getting bought by Indigo only brought the coup de grace, when half of _those_ books were now replaced with candles and kitsch.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI just can't get over the fact that there are so few actual books at Indigo now, that the mock living room sitting area set up in the middle of the store has billboard walls around it printed with murals depicting bookshelves.
- tlavoie 5y agoOh, oh no. That's just gross. I don't live close to an Indigo store now, and usually don't bother to enter the nearest when I am around. I'll have to go and look for this cringe now though.