Comments floorgoblin has made

  • Addendum to the book chain post

    After having worked at a chain bookseller, let me revise slightly:

    E. The chain bookseller
       1. Books ship to distributor
       2. Books shipped to bookstore warehouse
       3. For each store, the needed stock is assessed and shipped in bulk, i.e. 200 of Book A is shipped to store X.
       4. Book A sells at store X, overstock is assessed if they don't sell as well as predicted (happens often).
       5. Overstock is sent back to warehouse (complete book if a hardcover, for softcovers the cover is torn off and shipped in order to account for all books, and the actual book is destroyed.)
       6. At warehouse, returned books are shipped to new stores if needed, or returned to distributor if overstock exists in all locations.
       7. Not sure what the distributors do with extra books, presumably try to sell them or ship them to new stores.

    Chain stores have a bit longer of a "shipment chain" than other types of bookstores.On Umbra on online shopping posted 2 years, 6 months ago 22 Responses

  • Think Global, Act Local

    First, I agree that random, pointless, sexist comments are a sad sign for Grist.  However, the idea of a global concert isn't necessarily a bad one, but they should do this:  rather than 7 huge concerts, orchestrate many, many separate concerts in cities across the world, showcasing local bands, catered by local restaurants with locally grown food and locally brewed drink (when possible).  Sure, it may not be as glamorous, but it would truly represent the goals we must work towards.  They could even broadcast every show on the internet, so viewers at home could pick and choose which bands they wanted to watch from across the world.  Somebody should do this, I think... although, I do agree with the idea that Antarctica should be represented.  That continent often gets shafted...On It's Official: He Rocks posted 2 years, 9 months ago 12 Responses