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skipkeytoday at 2:09 AM2 repliesview on HN

The Barnes and Noble bookstore I occasionally shop at has a second floor that is about half full of nothing but games, legos, puzzles. I honestly think they sell more of that than books these days.


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Aboutplantstoday at 1:30 PM

Their strategy is now about 1/3 of the store dedicated to toys/puzzle/legos and I think it’s a brilliant strategy. I can walk into the store, browse books while the kid is exploring decently engaging toys. It’s a win for the store and myself as I can walk out with a book or two for myself, a good potentially educational toy, and a Lego kit for us to complete together. They got us good

conceptiontoday at 3:47 AM

I rolled into a b&n and it had more toys than books 100%.