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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I browse B&N, make a list of what I want, and then order off of Amazon.  Fully aware that I'm part of the problem but I'm not willing to pay 30-40% more in a brick & mortar store, sorry.  [/quote]

This is abhorrent behavior. When there are no more brick and mortar stores, it will be because of people like you. Congratulations. You might think I’m overreacting, but you are actively sabotaging the jobs and livelihood of every person who works in the store that you refuse to support. Go to the library if you can’t afford to buy a book. [/quote]

You are over reacting.  Business models change.[/quote]

Not overreacting, and business models haven’t changed that much. Barnes and Noble is still providing a service that the cheap Amazon shopper is benefiting from, and one that an online store can’t replicate. She showcases the books in person, learns what she wants to read, and then sabotages the provider of that service by purchasing from a competitor that is ruining all other retail. It’s unfair, it’s not victimless, and it should be called out as bad behavior. [/quote]

PP writer again - and man, we live in weird times that we have to defend B&N as the virtuous competitor to Amazon. I remember when B&N was growing and people railed against it as the chain that'd kill the local indie bookstores.

Buying local is the most virtuous way to buy books for sure. But I also think that reading is better than not reading, and any way you get books is a good way to get books. Support authors, support bookstores, support libraries, read.[/quote]

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