Comments on: Using Giant Market Share for Good http://thebarking.com/2010/03/using-giant-market-share-for-good/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara http://thebarking.com/2010/03/using-giant-market-share-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Sara Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:36 +0000 http://thebarking.com/?p=1892#comment-1518 I don't mind bigger bookstores. I'd prefer that they didn't shut out independent bookstores' business in some areas, but I think any place that encourages the buying of physical books and supporting the local economy in however small a way is a good thing. I don’t mind bigger bookstores. I’d prefer that they didn’t shut out independent bookstores’ business in some areas, but I think any place that encourages the buying of physical books and supporting the local economy in however small a way is a good thing.

]]> By: Asa Maria http://thebarking.com/2010/03/using-giant-market-share-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1448 Asa Maria Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:35:32 +0000 http://thebarking.com/?p=1892#comment-1448 Good points Tiffany. I have several friends that work at Borders and Waldenbooks and so I often shop there because I know they will give me good recommendations. Now I'll have to go find you at B&N. :-) Good points Tiffany. I have several friends that work at Borders and Waldenbooks and so I often shop there because I know they will give me good recommendations. Now I’ll have to go find you at B&N. :-)

]]> By: Tiffany http://thebarking.com/2010/03/using-giant-market-share-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Tiffany Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:55:51 +0000 http://thebarking.com/?p=1892#comment-1446 I guess since I work at B&N I'm biased, but then again you might consider that B&N loves to hire people who read (I think they realize they get their money back faster that way). We, as low rung staff, have little power over what goes on the big displays, but we have some discretion in what gets ordered and what goes on the local store displays. (I managed to get our store to order several copies of Todd Boss's new poetry book, YellowRocket and kept a few more copies of Jess Walters' new book Financial Lives of Poets than we were modeled to have.) While many of our staff are firm genre readers, I'm in charge of the staff rec display and I've seen coworkers recommend several literary titles as well (big surprise, English and writing majors like working in bookstores). I guess the long and lengthy point is simply that while the conglomerate may be after the almighty dollar, the lower rungs of the big chain have a voice too and, not benefiting quite as much from the sales dollars, we tend to push what we like, popular or not. I guess since I work at B&N I’m biased, but then again you might consider that B&N loves to hire people who read (I think they realize they get their money back faster that way). We, as low rung staff, have little power over what goes on the big displays, but we have some discretion in what gets ordered and what goes on the local store displays. (I managed to get our store to order several copies of Todd Boss’s new poetry book, YellowRocket and kept a few more copies of Jess Walters’ new book Financial Lives of Poets than we were modeled to have.) While many of our staff are firm genre readers, I’m in charge of the staff rec display and I’ve seen coworkers recommend several literary titles as well (big surprise, English and writing majors like working in bookstores). I guess the long and lengthy point is simply that while the conglomerate may be after the almighty dollar, the lower rungs of the big chain have a voice too and, not benefiting quite as much from the sales dollars, we tend to push what we like, popular or not.

]]> By: Shawn Vestal http://thebarking.com/2010/03/using-giant-market-share-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Shawn Vestal Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:48:06 +0000 http://thebarking.com/?p=1892#comment-1432 The last time i was in a Barnes and Noble, in Idaho at Christmas, I found several books that I had not been able to find at my favorite independent store -- solid literary works by not-quite-so-famous writers like W.G. Sebald and John Banville. They had, for some reason, four copies of Blood Meridian. Now, I'm not giving up on my preferred store or anything, but i can simply not hate any store that's got four copies of Blood Meridian at the ready. The last time i was in a Barnes and Noble, in Idaho at Christmas, I found several books that I had not been able to find at my favorite independent store — solid literary works by not-quite-so-famous writers like W.G. Sebald and John Banville. They had, for some reason, four copies of Blood Meridian. Now, I’m not giving up on my preferred store or anything, but i can simply not hate any store that’s got four copies of Blood Meridian at the ready.

]]> By: Kathryn http://thebarking.com/2010/03/using-giant-market-share-for-good/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Kathryn Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:31:38 +0000 http://thebarking.com/?p=1892#comment-1431 I've never heard of that program, but I Shop at B&N all the time. I'll have to look when I take my planned trip there later today. I don't have a problem with big-name bookstores. To me, buying any book at a physical store is better than ordering online (and buying new is better than used), but beyond that, I tend to shop at whichever store is closest to me. I’ve never heard of that program, but I Shop at B&N all the time. I’ll have to look when I take my planned trip there later today.

I don’t have a problem with big-name bookstores. To me, buying any book at a physical store is better than ordering online (and buying new is better than used), but beyond that, I tend to shop at whichever store is closest to me.

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