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Originally Posted by ficbot
When I lived in New Zealand, the only local bricks and mortar bookstore was a tiny little mall store with exactly four things:
- a wall with 50 shelves each containing, in order, one of the 50 best books as voted on by readers of the major newspaper
- a wall of popular new releases and best-sellers, which at the time included Harry Potter, Stephen King, Jodi Picoult and little else
- a wall of authors of local interest---this seemed to be dominated by the works of a children's author who had a very prolific series of picture books about a spotted dog
- a wall of general fiction and miscellanea which mostly seemed to consist of the backlist of the local authors, best-sellers and 50 best books authors.
- scattered throughout the interior, racks of stationary products and school supplies.
So, tell me how the loss of a such a store would strike a big cultural blow to the community and make it hard for them to discover new authors?  |
i think for me, from a tourist's point of view, it would mean the lack of colorful shops or interesting sights, but there's the possibility it could be replaced with something equally interesting to entice shoppers to browse. i'm all for the cheapest and best selection of books, but i can't help but wonder sometimes if we are trampling over other people. *frustrated* i'm sorry, i'm not sure if i explained it very well.