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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 06:47 PM Original message |
No Buyers for Barnes & Noble at 60 Cents on Dollar |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. After they drove out nearly all the independent booksellers... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. They rather deserve what they are getting. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. They became a retailing monoculture (speaking as an author) |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. maybe the indies can start opening up again ? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Like flowers blooming in the spring |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. i think it can be done but the community has to support it |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. People will simply order books online |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. First they killed the independent bookstores |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Scorched earth economics. nt |
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Night Crawler (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Much like Gutenberg probably put thousands of scribes out |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Barnes & Noble and Blockbuster killed the Mom & Pop book and video businesses |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think they would be out of business anyways, with the ethernet and fast... |
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Monique1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There is a Barnes & Noble across the street |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Barnes and Noble can die and go to hell, as far as I'm concerned |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Their model doesn't work anymore. |
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