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I'm always a little saddened by brick and mortar book stores closing, but that's really just nostalgia. I haven't entered a physical book store to buy a book for many years - probably a decade, possibly longer - and the books I've bought in real stores since Amazon and other internet stores appeared can be counted on a hand badly mangled in a saw mill accident.
I have fond memories of book stores from before that, but I also remember well the limited selections, not to mention attempting to order books and being told they're unavailable or that I'd have to wait for weeks. Nor have I needed to browse the shelves in order to decide what to buy in the last twenty five years or so: word of mouth, mailing lists (back in the day), forums and recommendations from friends have served me plenty well.
So that tiny twinge of sadness for old times sake is all the brick and mortar stores will get from me ever again.
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