<p>Thats looking on the bright side, Hunt.</p>
<p>Bookstores need another Harry Potter series to come along…</p>
<p>As much as I enjoy the selection at Amazon (nothing is as frustrating as driving to the bookstore and not being able to find the book you want), nothing Amazon offers can compare with the buzz that accompanied every HP book publication–kids in costume, whole families at the bookstore buying armloads of books, etc.</p>
<p>I agree that was fun ellemenope.
We only had one Borders & that was downtown, which I rarely venture into.</p>
<p>B&N is much more ubiquitous, although I try and frequent the independent stores more. However, H gets " points" instead of bonuses at work and getting gift cards is one of the few avenues that is actually worth what the company decides it is worth.</p>
<p>I will warn you though, I bought some notebooks/stuff for D2s trip at B&N & she decided she only needed half of it. I planned on taking the rest back, but too late I noticed that I should have done that within two weeks of purchase.</p>
<p>Too spoiled by Costco & practically everyone else I guess.</p>
<p>I loved looking at the latest college books at Borders, which is just up the street. It will take a planned excursion to go to B&N :(</p>
<p>For browsing I’ve had more luck finding random books I was interested in and at sometimes some pretty decent prices at a college bookstore.</p>
<p>Now I both browse online and end up going with the books Amazon recommends on the Kindle once I’m done reading a book. For example, I’m on a first-person WWII book kick at the moment and Amazon has come up with some good ones as recommended one on the Kindle.</p>
<p>I’ll still browse around a college bookstore if I happen to be at one.</p>
<p>Our public library’s website has posted that we’ll be able to access ebooks on Kindle this fall. I got DH a Kindle for his birthday, and because he is a heavy library user, getting access soon was important (almost got a Nook for just that reason). He does NOT like to pay for books!!!</p>
<p>My iPad makes the Kindle and Nook obsolete (I sold my Nook after getting the iPad, and I buy books through both Amazon and B&N that I simply read on my iPad.) with what you are describing – can you get books through your library via Kindle if you’re using Kindle via the iPad app, or does it have to be a physical Kindle?</p>
<p>Different libraries may work differently, but right now Kindle doesn’t work at the NYPublic Library–but ipad does. I just checked to see if NY Public Library had any notice up that Kindle will work in the future…There wasn’t one. </p>
<p>BTW, has anyone heard of librarybinDOTcom? I hadn’t heard of it, but the NYPL has a link to it. If you buy books there, the profits go to public libraries. The site also has a search engine for libraries with ebooks. Put in your zip code and it will tell you the nearest public library with ebooks.</p>
<p>Did anyone go to Border’s today? The email said the discount is “up to” 40%. What are the discounts really like? I don’t know whether to go now or wait a while longer.</p>
<p>I went to use a $10 gift card, but I just bought greeting cards, which were 40% off. I like the expensive Papyrus cards that they carry. I did not really look at the books, because I was in a hurry. Some things are only 10% off now according to the sign, which is not much. It was crowded though - the cashier commented that it had been like Christmas all day.</p>
<p>Thanks helpingmom. If today was crowded, the weekend will probably be a zoo. I think I’ll wait til next week, especially if the discounts are less than the coupons I got spoiled with.</p>
<p>It’s going to be like Blockbuster in its last few weeks, when they were selling off the inventory. The discounts will keep increasing, but the selection will get worse and worse.</p>
<p>Marian is right. Reminds me of the demise of Tower Records about eight or so years ago. At least in the DC store their buyers had overloaded on rap, so 50 Cent was going for about two bits…</p>