tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post3368543749316315854..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-17596307123593451762007-11-21T15:47:00.000+13:002007-11-21T15:47:00.000+13:00I agree with Gavin. The thing about Borders, even ...I agree with Gavin. The thing about Borders, even though they are a chain, is that their stores in NZ feel independent and of course their stock range leaves Whitcoulls for dead.<BR/>For many years here in Palmerston North we had one of the world's finest independent bookstores, I refer to Bennett's of course. Whitcoulls then bought it and alas it rapidly faded into just another Whitcoulls.<BR/>To this day I mourn the loss of Bennett's, a truly great bookstore.<BR/>At least Mr.McKenzie who was the book buyer genius at Bennett's is still here in the city as an independent bookseller.<BR/>I will never forgive Whitcoulls for what they did to Bennet's and have not been in one of their stores for over 10 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-88754981797458042672007-11-21T15:00:00.000+13:002007-11-21T15:00:00.000+13:00Bugger!I love my independents, but we also need go...Bugger!<BR/>I love my independents, but we also need good foreign-owned chain stores, too, and Whitghouls ain't that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com