▶ Your Answer : The author concludes that a cafe in Monarch Books can make a profit. While this argument may seem tenable at first glance, the conclusion relies on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence and on undefined terms. One reason is that there is no evidence for advantages when a cafe is in the book store, the other reason is that children's book section is important for attracting parents. First of all, my opinion is that the cafe is not good for Monarch Books. This is because, beverage can damage books and people can read a book which they did not buy in the cafe. For example, there are a lot of big book stores in Korea. They do not allow people to bring beverage in the book store. If Monarch Books is a big store, employees cannot manage all the people, books, beverage. And the cafe in the book store can make a chance to read books without buying books. In general this problem can affect the profit in the books store. book store's owners inhibit people to bring their books in the cafe and also they do not run book store and cafe in the same time. Secondly, Children's book section can be important section for adult book section, because children always come with their parents in the store. Therefore this section can make a chance to buy parent's books. According to the study in Korea University, 65% of parents experienced that they bought books when they visit the book store for purchasing their children's books. This result implies that Monarch books can make a loss when the children book section will be closed. For instance, the owner of the Monarch Books has more space near the book store, not in the store. Opening of the cafe in this place can be good decision for making a profit. However, closing the children's section and opening the cafe in children's book section should be reconsidered. To sum up, the argument can be seem untenable for these reasons; the cafe can not be of help to make money, Children's book section can be beneficial for attracting a lot of adults. |