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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9317360" data-attributes="member: 7044704"><p>Out of curiosity, how long ago was that? I worked at one for a few years back in the early 2000s and shopped at them (we had four within driving distance at peak) for years after they and Borders (a similar big box book store chain, now gone) for years before that after they'd killed almost all out small stores and yes, they were pretty good. Looking at the sole surviving B&N here in 2024, they've let their shelf stock drop off at least 30% in terms of shelf space and title variety, even more in some genre sections (history was very hard hit, for ex) and dedicated the floor space that was once books to toys and games and puzzles instead. That shift started at least ten years ago and accelerated enormously when Toys R Us (the major US toy retailer chain) collapsed - although the loss of Borders probably factors in as well, they used to be pretty cutthroat competitors around here. At least locally B&N isn't really worth going to browse for books any more, and since the chain uses (or at least used) corporate plan-o-grams to determine stock levels based of footage more than demand it's likely that the rot is similar no matter where you shop.</p><p></p><p>A lot of the US is very poorly served for retail booksellers these days, which is part of why online and e-book sales are such a key part of the publishing industry these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9317360, member: 7044704"] Out of curiosity, how long ago was that? I worked at one for a few years back in the early 2000s and shopped at them (we had four within driving distance at peak) for years after they and Borders (a similar big box book store chain, now gone) for years before that after they'd killed almost all out small stores and yes, they were pretty good. Looking at the sole surviving B&N here in 2024, they've let their shelf stock drop off at least 30% in terms of shelf space and title variety, even more in some genre sections (history was very hard hit, for ex) and dedicated the floor space that was once books to toys and games and puzzles instead. That shift started at least ten years ago and accelerated enormously when Toys R Us (the major US toy retailer chain) collapsed - although the loss of Borders probably factors in as well, they used to be pretty cutthroat competitors around here. At least locally B&N isn't really worth going to browse for books any more, and since the chain uses (or at least used) corporate plan-o-grams to determine stock levels based of footage more than demand it's likely that the rot is similar no matter where you shop. A lot of the US is very poorly served for retail booksellers these days, which is part of why online and e-book sales are such a key part of the publishing industry these days. [/QUOTE]
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