rave -- by "big box xstores" do you mean Mr Walton's Greater Emporia of Cosmickal Evil, or Borders and such?
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > 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 <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
