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Love buying books.
Barnes & Noble is about to go under brehs
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malbaker86
Gators
feelosofer
#ninergang
Barnes and Noble has been sinking slowly for the better part of a decade. I still enjoy going in and buying real books though.
drugxglory
Street Struck
I was there over the weekend looking to buy a book, checked how much it was and it was $30, looked at amazon and it was $12, i'd love to get it right then and there to take home & read but that price difference had me...
ThaEruditious
She luv it over here like Gold Watch.
This news kinda stings indirectly. BAM was one of my stomping grounds growing up and if memories serves me right, when Borders went under B&N picked up the slack and bought that chain. It's kind of a mindfukk how much the world has changed all these years.
“Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy” - Warren E. Buffett
Tiffrock
All Star
LOL me too- I guess I got them confused with Borders
TransJenner
Banned
I like the whole vibe the stores have
It's always chill and relax
It's always chill and relax
MewTwo
Freeing Pokemon From Their Masters Since 1996
coli brehs talking about reading books
The funny things Blockbuster was vastly superior in retrospect.
I can never find the new release or the old classic at netflx anymore. Want that Thor: Ragnorok When it comes out. Blockbuster would've had it, Netflix naw son because all the film companies can do their own streaming site. We should've never hopped on the stream train. Now instead paying 4 dollars for 3 nights on a brand new move. I gotta pay 20 a month for a bunch of trash i aint interested in watching.
Redbox is worse. a popular movie is guaranteed to be out of stock for weeks until everybody has seen it. No backlog of classic movies whatsoever.
ANd the prices on both are now more than a 5 day blockbuster rental.
Going to Barnes and Noble is more than just about going to get a physcial book. It's about the experience of wandering the hallways, sitting down to read something that catches your eye, hanging out and meeting up with friends, etc.
The store itself just has this serene atmosphere that makes you feel at peace. To me it almost feels like an escape from reality, a place where I can go in and temporarily forget about any troubles I got in the outside world
As far as the battle between E-Books and physical copies is concerned, there's one thing that an E-Book will never have over a physical one. A physical book can age and become part of history itself, making it more valuable. Throw in the ability to write signatures and other notes in a book and you can literally hold history in your hands.
The store itself just has this serene atmosphere that makes you feel at peace. To me it almost feels like an escape from reality, a place where I can go in and temporarily forget about any troubles I got in the outside world
As far as the battle between E-Books and physical copies is concerned, there's one thing that an E-Book will never have over a physical one. A physical book can age and become part of history itself, making it more valuable. Throw in the ability to write signatures and other notes in a book and you can literally hold history in your hands.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
Exactly. Books that are dense with information and require constantly flipping back and forth to reference different parts of the book don't transfer well to the kindle world
Why don't try at your local public Library?
