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Interesting how people started feeling differently about Barnes & Noble, once it was a matter of Amazon driving bookstores out of business.
I like that the article mentions that online booksellers recognize there is a major difference between buying online and browsing in an actual bookstore.
How Barnes & Noble went from villain to hero
In the past, the book-selling empire, with 600 outposts across all 50 states, was seen by many readers, writers and book lovers as strong-arming publishers and gobbling up independent stores in its quest for market share. Today, virtually the entire publishing industry is rooting for Barnes & Noble — including most independent booksellers.
“It would be a disaster if they went out of business,” said Jane Dystel, a literary agent with clients including Colleen Hoover, who has four books on this week’s New York Times bestseller list. “There’s a real fear that without this book chain, the print business would be way off.”
Buying a book you’re looking for online is easy. You search. You click. You buy. What’s lost in that process are the accidental finds, the book you pick up in a store because of its cover, a paperback you see on a stroll through the thriller section.
https:// theworldnews.net/bd-news/how-barnes-noble-went-from-villain-to-hero
I miss browsing bookstores and record stores. I don't have a way to get to either anymore and, of course, both are dying out. I hope Barnes & Noble survives. It was my favorite chain back in the day.
Hailing B&N as a hero for publishing is wrong. A lesser villain is still a villain, not a hero. You may loose snakes in your house to get rid of the rats, but then you're left with a houseful of snakes.
But publishers are also the cause of a lot of their own miseries. So much of publishing has been gathered into a few megacompanies --- Bertelsmann, Hachette, Harpercollins, Simon & Schuster, etc.
I miss browsing bookstores and record stores. I don't have a way to get to either anymore and, of course, both are dying out. I hope Barnes & Noble survives. It was my favorite chain back in the day.
You can still find a record store. A few have popped up lately and vinyl seems to be coming back. Our B&N in White Plains has a vinyl record section.
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