Where do you go first in a bookstore?

it depends on the day and the mood - the magazines are right by the door, so i tend to have a look through them first.
i also zoom to the sale aisle to see if they have anything good on sale (our bookstore sells stuff like mugs and other neat things - and i buy for christmas all year round.)

then its crafting, history and that sort of thing and if the kids are with me, thats were we head.

I go to the clearance books first gotta get the good ones before some other snot steals em up.

When I go to bookstore, I had already the list books which I want to buy in my mind.
Go alone or go with friends, I usually go to the section for foreign language. I love English very much. I want to improve my English

I usually go to the Arts and Crafts section first. I try to look for books about any kind of crafts like crocheting, cross stitching, embroidery, sewing or candle making, etc. Then I'll check on books about Cooking, afterwards go to the Magazines. After the magazines, I'll go to the Beauty and fitness section. Browsing the novels is an optional thing for me. I usually don't buy any novel unless I have heard good reviews on it or a friend recommend it to me. My husband always brings my daughter to the kids section and buys her the book she wants so I'm always free to go wherever I want to go inside the bookstore.

I usually go to the best sellers section first and read through some of the books there. If I have my son with me then we go to the children's section first LOL I think we spend more time there than where I want to go haha!

This one is easy. My daughter doesn't give me much of a choice. She is 23 months old and knows exactly where to go when we pass the front doors of Barnes and Noble. She heads straight to the Thomas table.
My husband and I take turns sitting with her while one of us goes to get books or magazines to look at. I usually go to the magazines first. Then I browse the biography section.
On the way out I look through the bargain books.

I also go to the clearance section, first. Then, I go to the photo and art section to see if there's anything I want to buy. Then, I will go to places that help you run a business, get a job, or earn money. I also like the section with all the puzzle books and the travel section. Magazines, as someone else mentioned, are really great, too. But, I usually buy something from the special dietary section that has cookbooks that relate to my health conditions. And, that's my trip to the bookstore.

like you i usually have kiddos with me so it unlikely i ever get to see anything i want to at the book store or library - I usually go to the library now just because i can order books online & pick them up without having to go through the shelves.

at the bookstore though if by some odd chance i can look at books i usually scope out the bargain books - then will head over to the psychology/self help books - then probably poetry...

I rarely go to bookstore though i love to read but whenever i go to the bookstore i always go to the magazine section where i can find my favorite magazine about entrepreneurship, living at home and lifestyle then after is the section where i can find cooks about cooking and travel.

Hello makingpots:)

I usually don't go to the same place first each time I visit a bookstore. I usually have something in mind when I go and so that's the section I will first visit.

I suppose that I do look at the Best Sellers/ New Books section the most often as a first choice, or at least I end up in that section before I leave the bookstore.