I'm kinda diggin' this Barnes & Noble store...

Books on every topic.

Friendly, knowledgeable booksellers.

... and comfy couches and a cafe that serves Starbucks' coffee!!!

I've been several times...

I've been to other stores... Borders, B.Dalton's, Russo's etc... but I always find myself goin' back to B&N's...

I go to the library too, but they don't have couches and coffee.

What store do you frequent?

1. Borders
2. Barnes & Noble

People, people! Evil corporations and all that!



I don't like bookstores because I detest having to BUY books when I can just get them from the library for free.

KOMA/AMOK BOOKS
I've never been to another book store like it.

Okay, crazyhorse... I'll bite. What's so special about this particular store?

i like that one store the sign is painted red..and they have ze books of ze neekid ladies in the front

You pervert...


I knew I liked you for a reason!

Christopher!!

I guess that did come out a bit on the dramatic side.Every disturbing,twisted and bizzare that is or was in print is there.I would post the URL but it might get this tread locked.Check it out though there web site is a trip.

Posting a url will not get this thread locked...

Have you seen Battier's links?

lol what?!...its like a store with "books of culture" in it...

Christopher said:

Yeah, but with coffee and couches!

The Gotham Book Mart!

http://www.komabookstore.com/

Books of culture?So when did bestiality,necrophilia,murder can be fun,torture,mutilation,human oddities become a culture?
On second thought,you might be right.

Half Price Books.

Everything's, well, half-price or less.

June7 said:

even though I feel guilty about going there..they just have everything and its a booklovers dream.

minneapolisgenius said:

absolutely, minne. there are 4 of em in austin, and i go all the time

dreamhaven books & comics, big brain comics and barnes & noble.

i prefer stores with comic book or art sections (or both!)

As far as bookstores near me now, I would pick Barnes & Noble.

HOWEVER, NO bookstore beats the Strand in NYC (the main store near Union Square). I LOOOVE that store! I could spend 10 years in there just browsing!

http://www.strandbooks.com/aboutus/

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

The B&N I go to has this Fantasy section that displays all the latest comic magazines... DC, Marvel, etc...

Not really my bag though, but it's nice to see they cover every one's topic.

The biggest [and therefor my favorite] bookstore I've been
in this far was a London branch of Waterstone's with many
floors jam-packed with any and everything.

I spent nearly all day there from the moment they opened
their doors until 05:00 pm when I remembered my friends
who I was supposed to get together with 5 hours earlier.

Sometimes second-hand bookstores are nicer though, here in
Holland in the larger cities you find a lot of those. I
particularly like the ones that are in great vault like
cellars and just go on for miles and miles.

You never know what you're gonna find in there you just
kind of stroll through them and see whatever you happen
to run into.

Natsume said:

How big/powerful/wealthy/whatever can a corporation get before it becomes evil? Even a small, local business would be well-advised to operate as a corporation or LLC, if only to limit the liability of the owner(s). Where do we draw the line?

Okay, enough legal/philosophical babbling from me.

[Matt's standard disclaimer: While I am licensed to practice law in Indiana, this post is for discussion purposes only, is not legal advice, and creates no attorney-client relationship.]

Anyway, my parents have a bookshelf that they bought at an independent bookstore's going-out-of-business sale. When the store opened, it had by far the largest selection in town (and free coffee, I think), and it was very successful.

So what happened? About five years later, Borders opened a store in the same strip mall, and Barnes & Noble opened a store a few blocks away. The independent bookstore lasted only about one or two more years, unfortunately.

Around here the chains seem to have the market dominated, so I'll say Borders first and Barnes & Noble second. The two stores are very similar, but I give Borders the edge because their music selection is much better.

borders

barnes and noble (the inner harbor location in baltimore is tha )

sibanye (also in baltimore)

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Dreamhaven is pretty cool. I haven't been there forever though.

Several local mom-and-pops for quaintness, localization and that "welcome home" feel.

Borders and Barnes & Noble's for breadth and buying power.

And in Cambridge, Mass., there's a GREAT children's bookstore on Harvard Square that's a favorite. Unfortunately, I can't recall he name

minneapolisgenius said:

i go there every once in a while...i live closer 2 big brain comics, so i go there more often than i do dreamhaven.

damn, almost forgot: shinder's on 7th & hennepin, downtown mpls....i love that place!! i could be there all day readin shit...not 2 mention they have a nice candy selection there.



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Supernova said:

DITTO.

2the9s said:

Sounds like a nerds meeting place...eh, Batman?

matt said:

Sorry. I was trying to come off as pompous. It's the standard mindset of Santa Cruz - downtown there's a few corporate stores (Borders, Starbucks, Gap) and the students HATE them but they still exist unfortunately.