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Re:Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For A... by mieseratte on Friday June 07, 2019 @08:12PM (#20129710)
Are you sure the one online was the same imprint and trim size as the one in-store? Publishers often have multiple different imprints and trim sizes as a means of price discrimination, as well as for stylistic reasons.

Just the other week I went into Barnes & Noble to purchase a book and they had two different trim sizes of the same exact book right next to each other. Both paperback but one was large-and-thin while the other was small-and-thick. The former was about $4 more than the latter.

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Re:Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For A... by ngngngng on Friday June 07, 2019 @08:21PM (#20129750)
Barnes & Noble online is run as a completely different business than the brick and mortar stores. The prices are not posted to match on any items. Brick & Mortar stores will not honor any online posted prices because of this strategy.
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