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Originally Posted by anamardoll
And I know this was supposed to be Indie bookstores, but if B&N wants me to stop into their store more often, then could bring back those soft easy chairs they used to have scattered through the stores.  |
Those chairs were the best.
I guess I have a fondness for the feel and smell of "real" books. I like being able to turn pages and I like how I can be like "I was about here" and flip to the halfway point of the book and find what I'm looking for without a ton of page presses or accidentally typing in a number too far in and not being able to find what I want. I love big glossy photographs and being able to spread a tabletop book open in front of me...
But I also like the convenience of ebooks. I like that I can spend $1 and get a good book that I want to read, but that I don't necessary want to add to my permanent collection. I mean, I spent $15 for the Wolf-Who-Rules ARC from Baen, then I went out and bought the hardback print copy when it came out. That's dedication.
I wouldn't do the same thing for a lot of books that I just want to read one time because I'm curious, but not really into it.
I don't know how brick and mortar stores are going to save themselves, but I do like being able to go into B&N, drink a cup of coffee, and browse around. I just wouldn't buy my porn there... or my comic books, since they just shove them on a bunch of shelves to get all wrinkled and nasty and let little kids finger them all over the place.