I don’t see how any of the major booksellers are going to make it with digital books from Amazon and the like taking over. Let’s hope they can adapt, I like to spend time in my local Barnes and Noble browsing books and magazines with after I get a hot cup of their coffee.
I order a book for the kindle app on my ipad, I have the book in five minutes for half the price of going to a regular bookstore, parking, waiting in line, etc. And when I take a trip, I can bring 100 books on my kindle. And if I don’t like what I’m reading or want a new book, it takes 20 seconds to get a new book.
I think B&N may have a chance because Borders is going under due not only to the advent of the e-book but a slew of terrible business decisions over the last decade...from distribution to inhouse coffee to online strategy to e-book readers and a variety of other problems. B&N has done well putting starbucks in house, the Nook, their online site etc. They still have challenges, for certain, and they will need to make smart decisions to leverage their bricks & mortar correctly in concert with their Nook and web orders. Most likely their biggest challenge is balancing the high cost of real estate and staffing with the additional revenues gained from the stores vs online-only.
I don’t see how any of the major booksellers are going to make it with digital books from Amazon and the like taking over. Let’s hope they can adapt, I like to spend time in my local Barnes and Noble browsing books and magazines with after I get a hot cup of their coffee.
I agree. I know it is “old fashioned” to want to go to a book store like Barnes and Noble, but I still very much enjoy the experience. I was actually saddened to hear about Borders and I go there VERY rarely.
Love my Kindle, but I still buy books for the kids.
I’d buy more books for the Kindle, but the price break isn’t enough. I’m saving them printing and logistics costs and the digital book is slightly cheaper and sometime even more expensive.
As it is, I pull classic works of all genres from Project Guterberg.