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Originally Posted by HarryT
With the very greatest respect, darryl, the fact that it's something that you don't personally wish to do does not make the OP's desire "ridiculous", but simply one that differs from your own.
I've already suggest that the genre-specific "best-seller" listings at sites like Amazon are likely to provide the type of content one would encounter in a typical bookstore.
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Harry, your suggestion to the OP is a good one. It may get him a little closer to the experience that he is missing out on. I do not find his love of browsing physical stores or libraries ridiculous, even though I don't share it. I find two things ridiculous. The idea that this experience is being missed when it is still available to just about all of us who want it and the idea that we should be trying to replicate this experience online, particularly as a major interface in online stores.
Addendum: Cars use steering wheels, brakes and sometimes a clutch to operate them. I'm sure with a bit of ingenuity we could have made them controllable instead by a set of reins to replicate the controls of an old horse and carriage. But why? And for those who really love driving a horse and carriage, I'm sure the experience is still available, though perhaps these days not as readily as bookstores and libraries.