Comments on: Saturday Morning LitLinks http://authorscoop.com/2009/05/30/saturday-morning-litlinks-57/ The Latest in Literary News Mon, 21 May 2012 11:22:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: William Haskins http://authorscoop.com/2009/05/30/saturday-morning-litlinks-57/#comment-5950 William Haskins Sat, 30 May 2009 17:48:59 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=4863#comment-5950 i can only seem to rekindle my love of bookstores in second-hand shops. and i say this as a guy who worked for waldenbooks for more than 5 years back in the 80s. i just can't stand the big box stores. they're sterile and soulless. but i agree about amazon. i can't see the upside, with the costs of running a physical store - staffing, utilities, rent, insurance, stock, furnishings, losses through shoplifting, etc. they don't need to increase brand recognition. it's weird. i can only seem to rekindle my love of bookstores in second-hand shops. and i say this as a guy who worked for waldenbooks for more than 5 years back in the 80s. i just can’t stand the big box stores. they’re sterile and soulless.

but i agree about amazon. i can’t see the upside, with the costs of running a physical store - staffing, utilities, rent, insurance, stock, furnishings, losses through shoplifting, etc.

they don’t need to increase brand recognition. it’s weird.

]]> By: Michael http://authorscoop.com/2009/05/30/saturday-morning-litlinks-57/#comment-5949 Michael Sat, 30 May 2009 17:22:32 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=4863#comment-5949 Amazon, please skip the physical stores. It is not necessary. You've got my business already with a great selection, good prices, new mint copies and free shipping. I hate to say it but I am giving up on bookstores. I already have Barnes & Noble if I want to browse bookshelves littered with Starbucks cups and water bottles and or buy dog-eared magazines that have been picked over by pigs that had no intention of purchasing. I am finished with bookstores. Not the books fault, of course, it's the people. Amazon, please skip the physical stores. It is not necessary. You’ve got my business already with a great selection, good prices, new mint copies and free shipping.

I hate to say it but I am giving up on bookstores.

I already have Barnes & Noble if I want to browse bookshelves littered with Starbucks cups and water bottles and or buy dog-eared magazines that have been picked over by pigs that had no intention of purchasing.

I am finished with bookstores.

Not the books fault, of course, it’s the people.

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