Inherent Vice: Pink Fade

[Robert Mahnke]

I have a pretty clear mental heirarchy of where to spend my book
money: the now-departed Olsson's was at the top of the list, followed
by Politics and Prose, and then Kramerbooks (a lucrative cafe with a
bookstore attached), followed by Borders and then Barnes & Noble.  I'm
curious about what others said above about Borders and B&N.  The first
Borders I ever went to, off Michigan Ave. in Chicago, was a great
store, with all sorts of interesting stuff, and left me with a
favorable impression of the chain.  The store in Emeryville, CA, was
dreadful, but so is every other retail outlet in Emeryville, relative
to other outlets of the same retailers elsewhere.  This is The Law of
Emeryville Retail.  In general, it seems like I'm likelier to find
something interesting and unexpected in a Borders.  In general, B&N
strikes me as a retail establishment run by people who see books as
product, not something to read, and I don't feel like I stumble on
interesting things there.  Does B&N warrant another look?

On 8/5/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> And 100% of B&N's corporate donations in '04 went to Dems.
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:34 AM, David Morris<fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In addition to the news below, P-listers might want to know that B&N's chairman is a big Democratic Party contributor.
>