Ditto to Comment#2, and I'll add one thing. Their ...

2006-11-26T13:07:00.000-08:00

Ditto to Comment#2, and I'll add one thing.
Their sofa chairs in SoCal aren't comfortable...you sink into them and either can't get back up or end up dozing off.

Two things:First, I think that people sit on the f...

2006-07-03T00:04:00.000-07:00

Two things:

First, I think that people sit on the floor in Barnes and Noble primarily because there aren't enough chairs for everyone who wants to sit, especially in cities on weekends (there will be enough chairs in the 'burbs on a Tuesday night, probably). They have already signalled that it's OK to sit by putting so much seating in the store, but prime seating gets sucked up quickly.

Second, to Nancy, I suggest that people spend so much time in bookstores because they're often open later than everything else, they tend to have the newest books on the shelves (which are snatched up for months at libraries), and because you're allowed to eat, drink, and converse in them (though some libraries are more open about this than others - my main local library has a coffee bar in the lobby). When I lived in a sub-suburban area, though, it was the hours that were the major attraction. Everything else closed by 9PM, and bookstores were open until 11.

As a school librarian, I wish more people would sp...

2005-11-28T15:14:00.000-08:00

As a school librarian, I wish more people would spend as much time hanging around libraries as they do bookstores these days. Why is that?

Comments on the curious shopper: Signals for sitting

Ditto to Comment#2, and I'll add one thing. Their ...

Two things:First, I think that people sit on the f...

As a school librarian, I wish more people would sp...