How are you supposed to know if you’ll like a book if you can’t read some of it.
It had a nice little cafe too, its not like they won’t make money on people buying a few coffees and snacks as they read a book they might not buy.
How are you supposed to know if you’ll like a book if you can’t read some of it.
It had a nice little cafe too, its not like they won’t make money on people buying a few coffees and snacks as they read a book they might not buy.
It’s pretty common in Japan, but specifically for manga.
It’s really weird that Tsutaya would do this because although it was frowned upon in Japan to spend too long reading a book without buying it, Tsutaya was the one to change that norm. They even introduced cafes on premise where you can bring books that you haven’t paid for.
I went to another book store, and only 90% of the books were wrapped in plastic, so I guess its just a Cambodia, Taiwan, and Philippines thing. Weird part is that I never saw it in Vietnam or China.