bradberens
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Barnes & Noble’s real problem
In praise of chunky scaleIn today’s New York Times David Carr has a lovely valediction, a kind of pre-mortem,called “Why Barnes & Noble Is Good for Amazon” in which he argues that despite the recent departure of CEO William Lynch, Jr. and general failure of the Nook rival to Amazon’s Kindle platform, the future of the iconic bookseller is better than dim if less than bright. Carr gets right how B&N can function as a“third place between work and home where people sought respite and diversion.bradberens3 min read