Barnes and Nobles Sucks I decided to go over to the local "brick and mortar" B&N store during my lunch hour today. The one in downtown Boston, specifically. What a waste of time -- and no wonder people love Amazon so much. Trying to find a specific book there, even if you know the name and title (and how it looks) is a nightmare. The shelves are out of order, you have to step over people sitting in the aisle reading, the employees don't know where things are any better than you do, and every other book in the non-fiction section is an "Idiot's Guide" release. I'm sticking to Amazon from now on. It's not only cheaper, it's faster, less aggravating, and more complete in its selection.
Another thing: who buys all these "Idiot's Guide..." books? I'm sorry, but I'm not about to buy a book that specifically states that it's targeted towards morons, nor would I want to walk around with it. How about some books targeted at intelligent people? Don't we buy/read things too? Forcing people to consider themselves an idiot just because they're not familiar with a particular topic (which might be something as arcane and useless as Oracle databases, according to the series) is just plain wrong.
