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We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
LAREDO, Texas — The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On 12/22/09 4:37 AM, jps wrote:
LAREDO, Texas — The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. Hey...it's Texas...what do you expect? |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
In article , naled24511
@mypacks.net says... On 12/22/09 4:37 AM, jps wrote: LAREDO, Texas ? The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. Hey...it's Texas...what do you expect? Damned straight. If it isn't Huntingtown, MD or Halifax we don't like it, do we buddy? |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
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We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On Dec 22, 12:12*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:37:26 -0800, jps wrote: LAREDO, Texas — The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. I assume the "book stores" can't compete with Walmart. I know around here B&N is having their ass handed to them by Target, Walmart and the public library. I see lots of people milling around but not many actually get into a checkout line. If it wasn't for the coffee they might not be making any money at all. There is also a lot of pressure from the internet Amazon will make it tough for anyone who has rent to pay in a mall. I would never buy a DVD in a store. You can usually get a disk or a book sent to your house cheaper than the best bargain bin deal in a store. Unlike some here, I notice that you caught the lie in that "news" report. There will be plenty of "booksellers", just no dedicated book stores. The mouthbreathers among us read it, believed it, and reposted it as the gospel. Too funny. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On Dec 22, 1:28*pm, jps wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:12:42 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:37:26 -0800, jps wrote: LAREDO, Texas — The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. I assume the "book stores" can't compete with Walmart. I know around here B&N is having their ass handed to them by Target, Walmart and the public library. I see lots of people milling around but not many actually get into a checkout line. If it wasn't for the coffee they might not be making any money at all. There is also a lot of pressure from the internet Amazon will make it tough for anyone who has rent to pay in a mall. I would never buy a DVD in a store. You can usually get a disk or a book sent to your house cheaper than the best bargain bin deal in a store. "The B. Dalton store was never a community destination with comfy couches and an espresso bar, but its closing will create a literary void in a city with a high illiteracy rate." I suspect it's driven by more than price pressure. *You need to have enough interest in the product to sell it in volume. *230,000 people can't generate enough interest in a single bookstore? *Yikes. There isn't a Walmart within 20 miles of Seattle that I know of and most educated people here consider them a cancer and stay away. Really? There are 18 Walmarts in the greater Seattle area. There's 5 south of you before you hit Tacoma, and two or three more north toward Everett. They typically don't build in city centers, but more out of the city where the land is cheaper. Seems that your fellow Seattle area dwellers have no issue with Wallyworlds. I do have to agree with you... they are a cancer. I avoid them like the plague. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On 12/22/09 2:42 PM, Jack wrote:
On Dec 22, 1:28 pm, wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:12:42 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:37:26 -0800, wrote: LAREDO, Texas — The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. I assume the "book stores" can't compete with Walmart. I know around here B&N is having their ass handed to them by Target, Walmart and the public library. I see lots of people milling around but not many actually get into a checkout line. If it wasn't for the coffee they might not be making any money at all. There is also a lot of pressure from the internet Amazon will make it tough for anyone who has rent to pay in a mall. I would never buy a DVD in a store. You can usually get a disk or a book sent to your house cheaper than the best bargain bin deal in a store. "The B. Dalton store was never a community destination with comfy couches and an espresso bar, but its closing will create a literary void in a city with a high illiteracy rate." I suspect it's driven by more than price pressure. You need to have enough interest in the product to sell it in volume. 230,000 people can't generate enough interest in a single bookstore? Yikes. There isn't a Walmart within 20 miles of Seattle that I know of and most educated people here consider them a cancer and stay away. Really? There are 18 Walmarts in the greater Seattle area. There's 5 south of you before you hit Tacoma, and two or three more north toward Everett. They typically don't build in city centers, but more out of the city where the land is cheaper. Seems that your fellow Seattle area dwellers have no issue with Wallyworlds. I do have to agree with you... they are a cancer. I avoid them like the plague. There's something incongruous about buying books at wal-mart. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On Dec 22, 2:29*pm, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"jps" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:12:42 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:37:26 -0800, jps wrote: LAREDO, Texas - The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. I assume the "book stores" can't compete with Walmart. I know around here B&N is having their ass handed to them by Target, Walmart and the public library. I see lots of people milling around but not many actually get into a checkout line. If it wasn't for the coffee they might not be making any money at all. There is also a lot of pressure from the internet Amazon will make it tough for anyone who has rent to pay in a mall. I would never buy a DVD in a store. You can usually get a disk or a book sent to your house cheaper than the best bargain bin deal in a store. "The B. Dalton store was never a community destination with comfy couches and an espresso bar, but its closing will create a literary void in a city with a high illiteracy rate." I suspect it's driven by more than price pressure. *You need to have enough interest in the product to sell it in volume. *230,000 people can't generate enough interest in a single bookstore? *Yikes. There isn't a Walmart within 20 miles of Seattle that I know of and most educated people here consider them a cancer and stay away. I don't think Target is considered a spot to purchase reading material unless its the kind that sits in the checkout line. Ignorant of where the real people shop.http://www.walmart.com/storeLocator/...lts.do?service... 18 walmarts in the seattle area. He tries so hard to act like an elite. He's not fooling anyone. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:29:26 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote: "jps" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:12:42 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:37:26 -0800, jps wrote: LAREDO, Texas - The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo. With a population of nearly a quarter-million people, this city could soon be the largest in the nation without a single bookseller. The situation is so grim that schoolchildren have pleaded for a reprieve from next month's planned shutdown of the B. Dalton bookstore. After that, the nearest store will be 150 miles away in San Antonio. I assume the "book stores" can't compete with Walmart. I know around here B&N is having their ass handed to them by Target, Walmart and the public library. I see lots of people milling around but not many actually get into a checkout line. If it wasn't for the coffee they might not be making any money at all. There is also a lot of pressure from the internet Amazon will make it tough for anyone who has rent to pay in a mall. I would never buy a DVD in a store. You can usually get a disk or a book sent to your house cheaper than the best bargain bin deal in a store. "The B. Dalton store was never a community destination with comfy couches and an espresso bar, but its closing will create a literary void in a city with a high illiteracy rate." I suspect it's driven by more than price pressure. You need to have enough interest in the product to sell it in volume. 230,000 people can't generate enough interest in a single bookstore? Yikes. There isn't a Walmart within 20 miles of Seattle that I know of and most educated people here consider them a cancer and stay away. I don't think Target is considered a spot to purchase reading material unless its the kind that sits in the checkout line. Ignorant of where the real people shop. http://www.walmart.com/storeLocator/...ch_zip=9819 9 18 walmarts in the seattle area. No, silly ass. They're not in Seattle. They're between 11 and 45 miles away. The closest, Bremerton, is an hour ferry ride. Learned how to read a map yet? Might come in handy one day while boating. Approx. 600,000 people live within Seattle limits and not a single Walmart. There are, however, at least 50 bookstores within the city limits. This is Seattle, not Laredo, Texas. From memory, the only city with more bookstores per capita is Austin. At least one town in Texas is literate. And guess what, it leans to the left, doncha know? Requires a brain and a little curiosity, rare commodities in Texas. |
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