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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it’s a large chain like Barnes and noble, do whatever you want. Small/independent, make purchases.[/quote]

Even large chain bookstores shouldn’t be treated as libraries. The whole point of going to a bookstore is to get a new book. Buyers don’t want to pay for a nes book and get a used book.  You can read the jacket/back cover, flip through it a bit, maybe read the first page or so to get a feel for the author’s style, but the goal is to decide whether or not it’s something you want to read before you buy it. If you want to just sit and read, without buying the material, go to a library.

If you want to read in a coffeeshop attached to a bookstore (Starbucks and Barnes and Noble), I think you can read anything that you provide (personal book, library book, kindle, etc.). [/quote]

My kids reads the first chapter before deciding what book they want. There is an area in everyBarnes and noble for kids to sit and read. They know that if they ban it, people will just pay twenty or thirty percent less and get the book on Amazon. [/quote]

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