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Originally Posted by dominick
Yeah, I know I'm ****ing into the wind, but I'll go down with the B&N ship. You'll see my fingerprints on the carpet as they drag me out on the last day. I love hanging around that place, browsing, having coffee, etc.
Oh well, as the man said, gotta get with the times, I suppose.
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Hi dominick,
I will be the one you see being dragged out alongside you.
Yeah, I know. Someday I probably will get an e-Reader, but for now.....
not only do I buy books, I also make sure I buy them at an actual bricks & mortar bookstore. Every now and then, I will order from Amazon, but only after giving the bookstore a try.
Another issue facing bookstores is that big-box stores like Target sell books as loss-leaders, At those lower prices, the books can entice some customers to come in for a book and end up buying other stuff. Oh my! Go in for a bestseller and end up in the checkout line with a cart piled high with many things they did not even know they needed.
I really hate to see the bookstores disappear, though I think most of them probably will. Not only will there be more and more of those neglected, ugly, empty commercial properties everywhere across the country, we will lose yet another really nice piece of the way we were.
I have a little glimmer of hope though. And, yeah, I know that I said someday I probably will end up with an e-Reader, but there is this little hope of mine that's still there....
I wonder if when the big bookstore chains gasp their last breath, we will see the rise of the independent booksellers, once more. The ones the big chains ran out of business.
A couple of summers ago, we went to the Outer Banks where I found the loveliest independent bookstore that was in a little house. They sold new books. (Some were on shelves. Some stacked, here and there. I liked that cozy feel.) And they also sold local art.
So I bought a book and a small painting. I gave the painting as a gift. It was a simple beach scene - a little bit abstract.
But I can't remember the name of the book......
WAIT! YES! OF COURSE! What else would it have been?
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.
Ohhhh, nooooo.....Nicholas Sparks......ohhhhhhh, I read it in the car on the way home and Mr. Boomer had to listen to me sniffing and sniffing and finally just plain crying. That's what Sparks does. (Hey....I wonder if tears mess up e-Reader screens.) -- and, oh yeah, that book also had lots of those waves crashing on the beach.
Oh well, I have not been on here digressing for a few days.....but I sure did just now.....
So anyway, when I get back to TV, I hope B&N is still there. (Hey, if anybody needs any last minute gifts, maybe take a little golf cart ride to B#N, and if you do, please give those bricks & mortar a little hug from me.)
Bibliophile Boomer