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> Perhaps the real question is not how to save Barnes and Noble, but rather why anyone wants to save them at all. I really enjoy stopping by once in a while an
by reustle 13y ago
> Perhaps the real question is not how to save Barnes and Noble, but rather why anyone wants to save them at all.
I really enjoy stopping by once in a while and checking out what computer books are on the shelf. Sure, I can "see" them on Amazon, but with minimal effort I can flip through the pages and read bits and pieces. I am obviously guilty of going home and buying it on Amazon, because the markup is just too much to ignore. I'll miss them, but I agree that they're unsaveable in their current form.
- 001sky 13y agoBN is a great showroom. But agree, their assets are mainly the real estate. The inventory is just a commodity, and a depreciating one at that. On the other side of the Eq, B+N have had major impacts on the publishing side. The vaccuum that would be created there--in terms of losing the 800# gorilla on the buy side for trad. publishers-- is interesting to think about.