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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
I vacationed in Key West several years ago (pre-ebooks), striking up a conversation with the local bookshop owner. I asked about local reading reading habits, receiving the reply: "What local reading? My sales are almost entirely to tourists." Amazon existed at the time, but wasn't quite the phenomenon it is these days.
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ARE there "local reading habits"? The mere idea baffles me. It seems to hinge on the idea that, say, Husband and I should read and enjoy the same things because we live in the same area.
I can't even imagine why someone would think that. The idea seems almost offensive to me -- as though I'm not so much a person as I am a
resident of somewhere.
("Oh, how exotic! You're from XYZ! You must LOVE books about ABC!")