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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 2658790" data-attributes="member: 939">No, that could not be a reason in my case, because the only books I "browse" are the ones I haven't already ordered on Amazon - they are the ones I'd likely not order on Amazon - I browse to see if they are interesting, and if they are, I buy them from the store.  And the big chain bookstores are designed for browsing - they have chairs all over the place, along with a lounge, for exactly that reason.  Me, I don't like reading a book at the store.  If I like it, I'll buy it and add it to my 3,000 books at home and read it at home.  My wife, on the other hand, will often read through whole books (or skim) while I'm at the store.  So she browses while I look and buy.  If a book store can't handle the fact that people will actually want to handle and sample the merchandise, then maybe they ought to just close up shop and become an online retailer, because then they are eliminating the one single thing they have over an online seller.  Which is why now, with the books behind the counter, I've gone from 60-75% amazon for my gaming book purchases to just about 100%.  Thus, my comment about them losing my business and losing my money.</blockquote>