I love books. I love book stores. I love the smell of books. I love to look at books. I also love magazines and CD's
That's why I love Borders and this store will always be special for me - it broke my Borders cherry.
Amazon is great and I hate that a computer/technical book is sold at Borders or BN for full retail and I can get it for at least 40% off at Amazon. But I can't smell or touch the books at Amazon.
Selection is overwhelming. I went to buy a kids book as a present last Friday night and the kids section was thoroughly trashed but it was because they obviously get a lot of kids through there.
The CD's...OMG. I thought I had every Pat Metheney CD ever released...was I ever wrong. I found at least 5 more that I didn't own. The merchandiser(s) for CD's definitely understand their place. No, they are not the cheapest (unless you join Border's Rewards and get 40% off coupons in the mail) but if you are looking for a CD, Borders is more likely to have it than anywhere else.
BN - nice but an also ran.
This store rocks!