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Originally Posted by maddz
I miss second-hand bookstores because you never know what gems you will find, but unless it's a specialist genre bookstore, I don't miss the wall-to-wall chick lit or best sellers. I find that general bookstores usually have minimal genre fiction and that tends to be new titles with little if any backlist. Even a specialist store often doesn't have the breadth I can find online.
Besides, now I've moved to a smallish market town, getting to bookstores is a pain.
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I used to haunt the various 2nd hand book stores within 10 Mi. before I got my first reader. Before I moved, there was only 1 left.
Browsed the shelves at the local 'Thrift' stores: mostly cheap romance by lesser known's.
And Used book (and needlework) stores were always on our 'must visit' list while traveling in days gone bye.
Distance is another difference I found when visiting the UK. Here in the US, we think nothing about going 30 Mi. for a (great) burger. They were shocked when I returned the hired car after 2 weeks, with 1200 Mi on the clock.