Borders vs Barnes & Noble
 

Borders is the crack of my life.

I love and have always been a Borders fan but I'm getting a Nook so I'll be shifting my business to B&N.

Borders...especially since they dominate this region

Our Borders was always in the mall and our BN is a big stand-alone so here at least I'm BN. When I get gift cards for Christmas for Borders I spend them online with the big 40% off coupons. It's awesome.

I do have a BN membership still and mostly feel like it's not worth it right now, but it's paid for so eh.

In short, doesn't really matter as long as they have the books I want.

Co-sign. I usually avoid BN.

I love both and get the "little kid on Christmas Day" look in my eyes when Live-in suggests going to a book store. I try not to go on my own because I'll walk out with $200 worth of books (it's happened). I love the book section of every discount retail store, and I will spend HOURS browsing online, mostly on Amazon.

Book learnin' is fun.

And pay full price?! MEH, I prefer Half Priced Books... When I lived in FL though, Borders Books and Music saved my life many a day and I was there upon opening sitting on their back patio. lol So If I MUST choose, I choose them!

I perfer Half Priced Books too. That way I can justify spending tons of money for books. I also like the library as well. They have great used book sales. If I had to choose, it would be BN because I spend so much time there.

We don't have HPB here. We do have Books-A-Million, which is adequate, but no Borders.

We have Books-A-Million too and me no likey.... You should write your congress person, stage a sit in, hell riot.... DO SOMETHING TO GET A HPB in your area!!! lol

Neither. Public library. :)

I like Barnes and Nobles for writing; they generally have all of these cozy little nooks.

I like Borders for shopping; plus I have a reward card, so I am always getting coupons.

Yes!

Senusret I does not borrow books. He owns them.

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Definitely Borders. I love the 40% off coupons.

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Add to that local bookstores.

I only go to Borders, Barnes Noble, or Books-a-Million for the lounge areas (when I need an office away from the office) where I can enjoy the cafe'. I can't remember which bookstores, but some of them have killer lattes, veggie sandwiches, and giant cookies.

Even in her most solvent of days, Drolefille has too many books and not enough bookshelves. Or window sills. Or boxes. :p

BN dominates our area, so BN by default. I can only think of one Borders that's remotely close, and it's in a strip mall in the middle of nowhere.

B&N for sure. There are a zillion here in Manhattan; I can think of maybe 3 Borders. I do have a Borders Rewards card--worth it alone for the 40% off coupons I get maybe once a month. :)

Books-a-Million dominates in my parents' town. Oh it sucks.

I love the library too. The problem is, I really like putting books on my bookshelf. It's becoming a sick obsession. We have each shelf filled two deep on a 16'x16' bookcase. I've been thinking of buying another.

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That's because they are books that you want to own. You probably wouldn't feel that way if you needed stacks upon stacks upon stacks upon stacks of books (that don't interest you otherwise) for some research, for example.

I rarely pay full price at Borders, because like Little32 and others,

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Originally Posted by Little32 (Post 1946282) . . . I have a reward card, so I am always getting coupons.

There's almost always a coupon -- 25% to 50% off.

add me to the library bandwagon.

if i'm getting a gift, i'll do Borders... but the love of my life is Amazon.

Then your bucket list should include:

- Take a trip to Dallas and shop/browse world largest Half-Price Bookstore ( I think it's something like 40,000 square feet)

- Lobby Congress or whoever to bring HPB to your town:D

That coupon has gotten me into so much trouble....they count on me to spend more than i had planned because I'm saving more. AND I DO IT EVERY TIME.

Anyway, I got that book you suggested. Haven't started it yet, but it looks really good :)

I, too, was on the Amazon bandwagon. And they are farrrrrrr better for DVD shopping online. But when Borders and Amazon split ways, I started doing more in-store shopping with Borders than shopping online with Amazon.

Sidenote, did I see you in a pic at my cousin/your soror's wedding?

I can honor part one, but I am Life Loyal with Borders lol

I used to be a book buying addict. Until I realized how much money I was wasting on buying books that I would never read again. Not to mention all the space I was running out of. So I decided to get rid of a bunch. Took about 75 books to HPB to sell. I got $12. That was a real kick in the nuts. Decided never again to buy a book, unless it was one I knew I would over and over again.

I am a recovering book buying addict as well. I am now a library addict. My older two boys were part of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program- it sends kids one new book a month for the first 5 years of life. I didn't sign up the baby because between all those books and the kids books I would buy on my own, the house is full of kids books.

If I must buy a book, I go to Borders- but only because it is closer to my house. Borders and B&N are basically interchangable to me. I prefer Mom & Pop book stores, but I haven't found one here in Indy yet...

I really don't see much difference between the 2. If we're talking about crack though, Half Price Books is it. Not only do they have the books BUT records and tapes. Woot.

As far as online, I prefer Alibris to Amazon.

Here, at least, the Borders are roomier and seem to be have a bigger selection. They also have more chairs so you can browse and then sit and read. The BNs tend to feel cramped, like they're trying to cram too much into the space.

Cool. Let me know what you think.

And ditto on the coupon.

I do the library, too. Probably 2/3 of the books I buy are for the kids. They also do the library, but I'll gladly buy them books if it means they read more. For me, I only buy the books I really want to own.

So does honeychile.

Between the B's, I prefer Barnes & Noble, but usually shop Borders, because the husband of one of my friends works there, and gives me coupons when I forget them.

But I also love HPB. I have been taking books in at least every over week, and have garnered at least $200. You have to figure out their logic on which books they'll buy, and which they're just taking them off of your hands. I've learned to say, "If you're not giving me at least $1 for a book, please give me a chance to reconsider," and they're happy to do so. They also allow me to bring the puppy, as long as he stays in a cart. Yes, he's a therapy dog, but I can hardly drive to a store, and then claim I need a seeing eye dog!

Bottom line: I love books. I am currently designing a headboard for my guest room that incorporates 3 bookcases and would be able to store roughly (counting...) 250 books. That's not counting my genealogical books!

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I really have no preference between B & BN- whichever is closest. I do love Half Price Books though, and walked away with 4 books I believe on Saturday.

We don't have a custom bookcase headboard, but we do have a small closet-like nook in our basement. It almost perfectly fits two 6' tall bookshelves on each side. It's my mini-library- you can walk in and look at books on either side of the little nook :D

Unfortunately I need another closet or two to fit what we have. In addition to reading books, I also have every single book from my undergrad, husband's undergrad, and husband's MBA & accounting program.

We only have B&N in my area, but I do go to Borders when I visit my bro in Tucson. Betweenthe B&N I'm used to, and that Borders, I def choose Borders. Its not even that they have a bigger selection of books, but they have more things that our B&N don't offer...like movies and little odds and ends (journals, and scrapbooking things).

I want a Borders in our area :( We also have a place here where you can buy used books and sell yours, but it gets really packed on weekends, and sometimes their selection isn't what I like/prefer.

Agree on the library. I stopped buying books because I want to pare my life down, and I don't think I have more than 9 feet of books, if that. I have a few cookbooks, knitting/sewing books, and archaeology reference books. Everything else comes from the public or campus library. If I plan to pack up and move, books are going to be a hassle so I stopped buying them years ago.

Sometimes I do buy a book and donate it to the library or pass it on. I might do that on my trip but the library near my dig lets me check things out while I visit so I may give them one in exchange for borrowing a few.

I am a Borders addict. I can spend hours in there.

Not a huge fan of B&N because I don't like the layout and organization of their stores. Also, it really irritates me that you have to pay for a membership in order to receive the good coupons and shipping deals. However, they do have a good reselling section online that I've used to order textbooks (ie. like Amazon, but cheaper in my experience).

I like HPB too, but their summer selection is always terrible here and it's ALWAYS packed.

I like Borders best (probably because there's not one in my hometown!). B&N will suffice for most things, but I could spend hours in a Borders.

I only buy books that I want to own too. But I have a great collection of the "great works" that everyone should probably own.

Periodically, I go through my books, pull out the ones that I am never going to read again or don't want to have for my collection and donate them. Right now, I have several boxes of books that are waiting for their bookshelf homes (I need to figure out the route that I want to go with the shelving: Custom/mass produced)

The library is great for authors that I am trying out.

<---Unabashed bibliophile.

Um, Barnes & Noble all the way :D

I love Borders way more than Barnes and Noble, but because of my Nook (way handier for traveling!) I have been going on their website more often. I like Borders better because I have a rewards card and you don't have to pay for it like B&N, and it is easier for me to navigate most of the time. I get frustrated every time I go to the B&N near college, because I keep forgetting they don't have a DVD section in that store.