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Third, on a more philosophical level, Murphy's move to Barnes and Noble could make the Coop less of a catch-all and more of a place for students to sit, drink tea or coffee in the proposed first-floor cafe, and talk with friends and faculty...
Unlike many other college communities, Harvard Square doesn't have a large cafe-bookstore. Barnes and Noble's takeover could even make the Coop a competitor against the new Loker Commons, opening in January...
Fourth, with Barnes and Noble will come a greater selection of trade books and more used textbooks--boons for students with low cash flow. Unlike the Coop, which orders only for its half-dozen stores, Barnes and Noble orders for hundreds of stores at a time. This mass production could alleviate the problem of finding books for oversubscribed Core classes...
Other Harvard Square bookstores will either need to specialize or offer customer service and familiarity that the Coop can't give in order to stay in business...
...Coop's renovations--scheduled to be finished by June 1996--go as planned, the Coop could regain its status of 25 years ago, when it was known as the best bookstore in Boston...