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04-10-2011, 03:03 AM | #17 | |
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The overall combo of (1) limited selection (2) not fun to browse in (for me), (3) and relatively more expensive than other options makes it a no go for me. So instead I have Amazon, specialty indie book stores, and used book stores. There's a nicer couple of stores in downtown Vancouver, but I never buy from them either when the used bookstore with a crazy SF selection is just across the street |
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Cafes might in some cases get people in the door, but that doesn't help if they just browse books there and buy them online -- or that it pits them against established coffee shops. As to selling toys and so forth, a) there are lots of other places to buy stuff like that, and b) the more junk you add, the more you dilute the brand. Quote:
Kobo almost certainly already gets general demographic and geographic data, e.g. they'll know that units sold in NYC and Toronto. They certainly know the addresses of the people buying ebooks through them. There is absolutely no reason to throw away revenues to a store that doesn't contribute to sales. Quote:
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04-10-2011, 02:41 PM | #20 | |
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This same pointless poison is targeted at any Canadian big business and the arts community at large with utterly numbing consistency within the narrow-minded universe of Globe and Mail commenters. (There are some comments worth reading that actually stick intelligently to a given issue, but you do have to wade through a lot of creepy stuff.) The trade-off is the newspaper itself is worth reading. |
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Well, the Globe is...the Globe My dad used to tell an old joke about how the three Toronto dailies would have reported the sinking of the Titanic. The Sun: Captain has sex with passenger as ship sinks. The Star: Star reporter saves drowning puppy off sinking ship. The Globe: Record financial losses as most expensive ship sips; thousands die too...
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