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The Curious George thing was confusing; it was hardly even a book store at that point. I'd argue it probably hurt them more than it helped them. But fair enough
by sbisker 14y ago
The Curious George thing was confusing; it was hardly even a book store at that point. I'd argue it probably hurt them more than it helped them. But fair enough. A few bookstores have shut down around there, including ones with similarly legitimate differentiation (like that rare book store around the corner.)
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that they picked the location to compete with Amazon. In this case, I mean "beat Amazon" to be synonymous with "surviving." Perhaps "coexist with Amazon" would have been a better way to put it.
- fpgeek 14y agoThat's the thing. In another era, I'd say that the Harvard Book Store was nothing special, but set against the carnage that has been the Boston-area bookstore scene, they're doing something right. I agree it has little or nothing to do with the digital printing press, but whatever it is, it's something a lot of other bookstores didn't crack.