i don’t think it’s just harry potter. lately, lots of good books have been published and now, places like barnes and nobles don’t care if you stay and read books there. people also like to study in places like that where it’s nice and plus there’s usually a starbucks around for late studying and stuff.

I think it’s a sign that people are reading more than they used to, which is terrific! Try to avoid Saturday mornings and your lines won’t be so long. Also, you can ask the employees when their slowest times are so you can browse in peace.

People want to keep the books they are going to read now, even if it’s to share with others when they have finished reading it.

It’s not because of Harry Potter books, it’s because a lot of books that have been recently published are now in “the limelight”… for example, Cormac McCarthy’s books are very popular–

One in particular is being sought after now because of the movie made from it, “No Country for Old Men,” which picked up a lot of Oscars, including ‘Best Picture’. Once a reader has finished that book, he/she usually wants more books by McCarthy, because they are good reading, and because one great one got the Pulitzer for 2007.

People are also sharing lists of other good books they have read, and while these books can be found in a library, some libraries have them in a “New Books” category, which means a person has to finish and return them within a week.

A lot of people can’t do that, with jobs, etc., so they go to the bookstore and buy the books they want.

Bookstores have also once again broadened their base from selling “just books” to also selling CDs, stationery, games, coffee, free chances to meet authors, and more. Bookstores can be fun.
That’s what I think…

well, harry potter along with several other books have become excedingly popular over the past several yrs. people want these books so it seems to b a big duh that people will go 2 bookstores!