Went to Border's Books today to soak up some of the discounts at their going-out-of-business sale. I went earlier, when their bankruptcy was first announced, and even though the discounts weren't very steep (by my estimate - for a place that was selling out to the walls) it was hugely attended.
People at at that sale were lined up to the back of the store loading up on goodies. I went today, just to see what was left. I expected it to be pretty well cleaned out to the fixtures, but at the whole store 50-75% off I figured what the hell.
Well, the parking lot was full again, and quite a few folks were still vulturing over the remains. A lot of the shelves were cleaned out, but got some good deals in the business and computing sections.
It occurred to me the reason they were good deals was because this was what these books SHOULD have been priced at originally! I mean really, somebody's little breezy business tome in paperback is 25 bucks? Not worth it.
Chop that down to 10 bucks or so, and I'll give it a look. And judging from the parking lot, so will a lot of other people.
The printed book isn't dead......it's just overpriced.
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