I hesitate to suggest that Reads does the job it is designed to do: lure many non bookshop buyers (and Tourists) in to buy commercial and mainstream fiction and non-fiction at reduced pricing.

It works kinda like Tesco Value. Many book readers will “self-select” the less visually obnoxious but higher priced bookshops (read Texco Own Brand or Tesco Finest* for those).

That said, in terms of browsing pleasure, it doesn’t have any!
Eoin

But credit where credit is due… I dropped in yesterday and they had taken down the blinding spotlights that were hanging over the shleves.