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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. |
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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? |
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@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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. Looks like jps is too educated to know where they are. I went to Wal Mart today, to get a plug for my lawn mower. They had it in stock. I suppose I could have gone to Home Depot, but what difference would it make. Oh, maybe Home Depot is union and therefore better? Another good joke. -- Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year! John H |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:26:55 -0500, Gene
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. I would no more expect to find books at Wal-Mart than I would expect to find office supplies. Well, yes, they might have a smidgeon of each, but why waste the effort with hopes they might have what I need. What few books I have seen at Wal-Mart are not the ones I'd be looking for at Barnes and Nobles, Borders, or even Books-a-Million..... These don't look like big readers, anyway..... http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?paged=1 They do look like they voted for Obama though. -- Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year! John H |
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"John H" 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. And libraries are free. -- Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year! John H Are you stupid or are you pretending? http://www.wisegeek.com/how-are-publ...ies-funded.htm -- Nom=de=Plume |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:57:30 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:28:00 -0800, 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. I don't think Target is considered a spot to purchase reading material unless its the kind that sits in the checkout line. The short answer, Laredo ain't Seattle. Yup. Seattle is the home of the coffee shop and I suspect that is what you consider a book store to be. 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. There are more than 50 bookstores in the Seattle metro area. Some of them serving general interests If you are just looking for best sellers, magazines or pulp fiction, WalMart, Target and Kmart will serve your needs just fine at 40-60 % of the list price. You may not have them in Seattle but WalMart is real big in the south. It is a one stop shop for people who don't have a lot of money And they haven't a clue that they're feeding the same schmucks that are systematically replacing stateside jobs with overseas employment. Pretty soon, only Chinese will be able to afford Walmart's products. According to the US Census Laredo is 94% hispanic and the median family income is $29,000 a year http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4841464.html I bet the coffee table books B.Dalton sells, mostly in English, are not a huge seller. If they knew anything about the demographics, they wouldn't have opened a store there in the first place. Probably so. |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:26:55 -0500, Gene
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. I would no more expect to find books at Wal-Mart than I would expect to find office supplies. Well, yes, they might have a smidgeon of each, but why waste the effort with hopes they might have what I need. What few books I have seen at Wal-Mart are not the ones I'd be looking for at Barnes and Nobles, Borders, or even Books-a-Million..... These don't look like big readers, anyway..... http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?paged=1 The cheerleader reads the Star and People Magazine. You know, "all of 'em." |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:38:32 -0500, Gene
wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:29:54 -0800 (PST), Jack wrote: 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. "Booksellers" could be the grocery store, if you consider National Enquirer fair game. A metropolitan area that big that won't support even one dedicated book store has a cultural and literacy problem. The top 10 least literate cities in the US contain El Paso, Corpus Christi, and San Antonio. A metropolitan area that big that wouldn't support even one dedicated building supply would be seen as a problem. Wal-mart might sell hammers and nails, but that isn't a building supply. In the same way, a "bookseller" is not a dedicated bookstore..... Anything Jackoff would want to read is certainly at Walmart. |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:05:52 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote: "John H" 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. And libraries are free. -- Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year! John H Are you stupid or are you pretending? http://www.wisegeek.com/how-are-publ...ies-funded.htm Stupid is also free and Herring has alot of it tucked away. |
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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 |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... 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. |
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On Dec 22, 4:38*pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:29:54 -0800 (PST), Jack wrote: 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. "Booksellers" could be the grocery store, if you consider National Enquirer fair game. A metropolitan area that big that won't support even one dedicated book store has a cultural and literacy problem. The top 10 least literate cities in the US contain El Paso, Corpus Christi, and San Antonio. A metropolitan area that big that wouldn't support even one dedicated building supply would be seen as a problem. Wal-mart might sell hammers and nails, but that isn't a building supply. In the same way, a "bookseller" is not a dedicated bookstore..... While that's all true enough, there are still some facts left out of the story repeated here. Such as the fact that they were shutting down *all* of the outlet stores (not just the one in Laredo) in favor of the large, complete line stores. The fact that B. Dalton is planning a large store for Laredo in 2011. And the fact that, as was already pointed out, Laredo is 94% Latino. The problem isn't Texas, it's demographics and an extreme case of immigration. Down here in dumb ol' South Carolina, I can just about throw a rock and hit 3 big-box book stores. And they're thriving. |
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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. Obviously No books or interest in fishing in Texas. Nothing but snakes, I heard you have to mow the grass with a machine gun..... DP_Diddly In the Eastern Sierra/Nevada Mountains in the South end of Northern Nevada |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:56:10 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote: 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 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 don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
On 12/23/09 1:05 PM, jps wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:34:33 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:13:31 -0800, wrote: You may not have them in Seattle but WalMart is real big in the south. It is a one stop shop for people who don't have a lot of money And they haven't a clue that they're feeding the same schmucks that are systematically replacing stateside jobs with overseas employment. Pretty soon, only Chinese will be able to afford Walmart's products. Which store do you go to that only has US made goods? They don't seem to be around here. I'm not sure anymore. Just went to get my wife some travel mugs for coffee. 15 shelves of various types, styles and every single one made in China. I make an effort to look and if there's a US made option, I'll suck up whatever extra money it might be. I like the idea that my actions may help save someones job here. It's getting harder to avoide "made in the people's republic of china" goods. Perhaps we can force them to stamp all their crap with "made in the people's republic of communist china." You can bet that the most vociferous righties here don't hesitate for a ny second before buying goods made in the PRC. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
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. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
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. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
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. 25 miles to the closest book store? That says a lot about wherever it is you live. -- It's flattering to see so many of you turds spoofing me. |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
Loogypicker wrote:
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. His legs chafe against each other when he walks unless he slathers on a bunch of Vaseline. God bless his poor wife for seeing to it that he gets a modicum of exercise |
We don't need no damned books, we're in Texas!
Harry wrote:
On 12/23/09 1:09 PM, jps wrote: 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. Harry, I am your buddy, but it looks like your wife has your fat ass pussy whipped from here to the shopping mall. Tell you want to stay locked up in your basement apartment. |
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