Borders and Noble

[Greg Montalbano]

Joe Varo's retort:

>I know that people just love to trash-mouth the big, chain-booksellers,
>but I'll tell ya' -- here in Erie, PA, before we got a B&N a few years
>ago, all we had in the way of bookstores were one local outfit which sold
>both new & used books, the only new ones being bestsellers and a not very
>good used selection.  We also had (still have) a Waldens, had a B. Daltons
>(which closed up a long time ago) and just before B&N opened we got a
>Little Professor bookstore.

>So I don't care what y'all say...when you live in a town with shitty
>bookstores, B&N is an absolute godsend.
>


True, I guess -- but you now also have access to books thru the Net
(Powell's, etc).