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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really want to support them but when I recently took my daughter there, almost every book she picked was about $5 more in store (prices were ~$13 in store vs $8 on Amazon)…. I just couldn’t justify buying more than a few locally and ordered the rest online.  But glad they are having success, reading is great.[/quote]

It's called inflation.  It affects more than just groceries and car prices.  You don't have to spend money but it's not unreasonable for books to cost more now than when we were kids.

As for books being cheaper on Amazon, sometimes.  That's been the Amazon model for decades - undercut competitors and put them out of business.  So supporting predatory pricing is a benefit for you. For a while.[/quote]

This. Amazon cross-subsidizes some products with profits from other products. That's been disastrous for all bookstores, not just Barnes and Noble. Also, the way cross-subsidizing works is that the it's done to drive competitors out of business and then the cross-subsidizer will raise its prices back up to cover costs again. It's predatory, as pp says.[/quote]

Amazon was obviously taking notes while Barnes and Nobles used similar practices decades ago — loss leaders until the independent booksellers folded, then most of the discounts disappeared.  I lived on the UWS in NYC — and I’m still bitter, even though in other cities the Barnes and Nobles is often the best option.  [/quote]

That sounds like the plot From You’ve Got Mail![/quote]

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