Re:B&N/Borders vs. Mom & Pop?
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Mom and Pop bookstores won't be able to afford a $30K Book machine. Barnes & Noble, Borders, Hastings, etc. will. If any store will be hurt, it would probably be the Mom & Pop stores, not the large chains.
...it can print, bind, and trim a book of any size in a matter of minutes
Wait, yes. But it seems that it will be a rather short one.
Re:Now One Won't Be Able To Try Before One Buys...
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Initially it may be for books one would normally not be able to aquire, however, I can see it eventually eliminating the traditional 'bookstore'. One will have to go into the new 'bookstore' (or even up to the machine), tell it what book he/she wants, pay, and walk away with a new book.
Wouldn't this eliminate bookstores? Rather than keeping items in stock and having to deal with inventory, etc., a bookstore may just contain this machine. Or "bookstores" may be a thing of the past.
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Mom and Pop bookstores won't be able to afford a $30K Book machine. Barnes & Noble, Borders, Hastings, etc. will. If any store will be hurt, it would probably be the Mom & Pop stores, not the large chains.
...it can print, bind, and trim a book of any size in a matter of minutes Wait, yes. But it seems that it will be a rather short one.
Initially it may be for books one would normally not be able to aquire, however, I can see it eventually eliminating the traditional 'bookstore'. One will have to go into the new 'bookstore' (or even up to the machine), tell it what book he/she wants, pay, and walk away with a new book.
Wouldn't this eliminate bookstores? Rather than keeping items in stock and having to deal with inventory, etc., a bookstore may just contain this machine. Or "bookstores" may be a thing of the past.