[Cialug] PC Repairs section at Barnes and Nonble

[Todd Walton]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Afan Pasalic <afan at afan.net> wrote:
> I usually check books at B&N or Borders and if I find one good - buy on
> amazon.com

I buy from stores and online both, and I try to practice Tim
O'Reilly's "Buy Where You Shop" creed.

http://tim.oreilly.com/articles/buy_where_shop.html

"If you like shopping in bookstores, remember this: many independent
booksellers are on the ropes. (One store owner we know resorts to
ordering books on personal credit cards when she is put on credit hold
by publishers because she can't pay her bills.) Even in the chains,
computer book sections are in danger of shrinking in favor of other
sections where sales are more robust. If you value the bookstore
experience, my advice is this: buy where you shop. I buy lots of books
online. I read about them on a blog or a mailing list, and buy with
one click. But when I shop for books in bookstores, I buy them there,
and so should you. Don't just look for the best price. Look for the
best value. And if that value, for you, includes the ability to page
through a book, support your local bookseller."

-todd