This "not having the books I want" will only get worse. As the big box stores continuer to dominate book selling, publishers will only publish what sells at big box stores - the impulse buy. You didn't go into the big box store to buy a book so it becomes like that display of candy bars at the cash register (wow! Is cash register already an anachronism?)- only empty calories need apply. You don't see fruit as impulse buys and you won't see anything worth reading.
This is just like history book publishers catering to the buying power of the brain damaged citizen-philosophers of the not-so-great state of Texas. Due to the wanton and willful ignorance of Texan school boards the content of history books has become so watered and dumbed down as to be nearly useless as anything besides paper weights and doorstops. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Curtis <tlcurti...@...> wrote: > > Did anyone else notice that over the past several months Borders also > switched to free wi-fi from a pay service? I go there to work when > traveling, but they don't seem to realize that the problem is that they > don't have the books I want. > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-borders20-2010mar20,0,7054811.story > > > > The chain lets book groups know they are welcome to meet at its stores. The > > move is aimed at boosting sales amid intense competition from online vendors > > and big retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target. > > > > By Sandra M. Jones > > > > March 20, 2010 > > > > Chicago > > > > In the increasingly brutal book wars, Borders Group Inc. is learning what > > coffeehouses long have known: Encourage shoppers to think of you as a home > > away from home and they'll spend more, maybe even become regulars. > > > > To spur that feeling, Borders quietly unveiled a program last month that > > invites book clubs to convene at its cafes instead of in members' homes. The > > step is geared toward helping the money-losing bookstore chain drum up sales > > and reshape itself into a local gathering place instead of a faceless > > superstore. > > > > > > >
