On Dec 23, 1:18*pm, Harry wrote:
On 12/23/09 1:09 PM, jps wrote:





On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:56:10 -0600, Vic Smith
*wrote:

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:13:31 -0800, *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

We have a B&N 3 miles from the house in an upscale shopping center.
It's always teeming with people, sitting, standing browsing. *They do
good business.

We're not as lucky. We have to drive about 25 miles to Annapolis for a
pretty nice, two level Borders book store. The store like yours does a
lot of biz...and has a nice coffee shoppe and wi-fi. It's a good place
to hang out while my wife shops. I hate shopping. If you are on the
store's mailing list, you get coupons that make the prices the same as
amazon's. Our local grocery store strip mall has a "christian" book
store, a strange operation if you go by what it puts in its display
windows...a compendium of christ for the non-thinker.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I sure you DO hate to shop, you're WAY too fat to walk around for any
length without getting winded.