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Originally Posted by latepaul
So that's what I mean by browsing and I seem to be just as likely to have a "happy accident" discovery as I ever was as far as I can tell.
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The topic dujour in some circles seems to be books people are embarrassed to be seen reading (as in, young adult or "kids" literature) and just yesterday a blog article on the topic focused on the guilty pleasures of reading STAR TREK novels. (Hey, some people feel guilt over the oddest things...)
It referenced a trilogy omnibus by David Mack, STAR TREK: DESTINY and as is typical these days, the reference linked directly to the book's Kindle edition at Amazon. Me, I wasn't all that interested in his emotional state of mind (
) but the book's summary and reviews did intrigue me.
So I went from reading a blog page to buying a book in two clicks--say, ten seconds. It doesn't get any more serendipitous than that.
And that is also, in a nutshell, why bookstores need reinventing, no?
They are no longer the primary way people find new reads (if they ever were) nor anywhere near the most convenient or effective. Because most of us are more likely to pickup a title we hear somebody say they enjoyed than one we see highlighted on the front table at a bookstore just because the publisher bribed the store to out it there.
Oh, the blog article?
Just in case:
http://bookriot.com/2014/06/11/books...d-read-public/