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Google translate:
I am jafrako, 75 years old and from the 2nd grade primary school I started reading and never stopped. My first spending money went on books and I kept buying. The written word was sacred to me and even a Castle novel that got lost in my house was hard to dispose of. I am an ethnic Dutchman; they say big mouth and lots of chats here in Overijssel to which I moved in 1990. Heard there for the first time about the Deventer Book Market so taken a look. Since then, with changing friends and acquaintances, it has become an annual tradition.
And yes, then the e-book comes. I am also a prematurely born nerd and with the digital achievements I can read and write .... so there was an e-reader. A Sony PRS-T3 (why did you stop fooling E-readers) with that smart cover. Is still the only one with his third cover. [snip endorsement of early days piracy]
I am afraid of the disappearance of bookstores and basically all stores and although an internet buyer from the first hour I buy almost everything locally again if it doesn't matter too much and it almost never does. But with books it is not only about where I buy but also what I buy. I no longer buy thick packs of paper with only large letters and a quickly broken thick plasticized cover. I do keep and still buy albums and well-bound richly illustrated books. So I have already advised my bookstore to also start selling e-books. By the way, I still see a lot of children in our large library. Houwe so. And take a look in Zwolle in the Broerekerk. Huge gothic bookstore with cozy restaurants. What is also a trend that the bookstore must save is gadget books. Of those objects that look nice and that you want to grab and hold. The small facsimile edition of the English-language Hobbit for example. Just pay attention to it in the book stores.
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