"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:13:31 -0800, jps wrote:



You mean a place to hang out? That's not an unfair representation
but, if you're into reading, it does require browsing unless you're
just there to pick up something specific. I find a lot of folks go
there to see what's there. Usually know what you want in a coffee
shop.

Whenever I'd visit a book store that served coffee, my impression of
the people sitting around there reading books for free was - bums.
Figured they weren't worth the overhead of the coffee operation, and
the business model was flawed.
Don't know if that's right, or not.
Maybe I'm just a prick and a bad businessman.

--Vic


Same thing. I do buy at Borders and they always have a 30-40% coupon
available. But they have a small coffee shop and seems as if most books
have been preread while someone is drinking their coffee. Even woses at
Barnes and Noble, plus they want money to get discount emails.