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Thank you, MsAstoria. As Mr. Morrow alluded, I have stumbled on books in small, independent bookstores that I never see in the larger chains. One is far more likely to get that personal touch at the small independents than at a big chain and it still means a lot to me. Unfortunately, there are so few of them anymore
I find myself haunting the big chains less in favor of ordering (or even preordering at a discount) recent releases of a favorite author from Amazon (far more convenient). I've always preferred used books over new ones and small, independent, used book stores are more common than independent new book stores in my area.
The article doesn't support the statement that digital downloads killed vinyl records. Digital music (not digital downloads) did, however, in the form of CDs (cassette and 8-track tapes didn't get a chance to do so because of media limitations and they themselves were trumped by CDs). CDs are going to be the next to go the way of vinyl due to vinyl but it won't be all that soon.
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