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Old 08-19-2009, 02:26 PM   #1
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An amusing series of videos from the indie 'brick and mortar' San Francisco bookseller Green Apple Books (if you know them, give them a shout out).

Here's the first video (the rest can be found on the link below)



http://www.indiebound.org/articles/m...movable-object
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Old 08-20-2009, 04:52 PM   #2
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Where did they dig out a CRT monitor from?
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Old 08-20-2009, 05:08 PM   #3
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Where did they dig out a CRT monitor from?
Sainsburys head office still uses CRTs... (I work directly opposite them, and we spend some of our meetings being nosy instead of actually having a meeting...)
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Old 08-20-2009, 05:18 PM   #4
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Old 08-20-2009, 05:23 PM   #5
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Gee... I stopped half way through the second one. Talk about biased propaganda. Well, what do you expect from a paper book seller?

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Old 08-20-2009, 05:29 PM   #6
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Gee... I stopped half way through the second one. Talk about biased propaganda. Well, what do you expect from a paper book seller?

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Yea, I have sold some books to a used book store and it would a take a hug number of books to get to $80. And even then it was store credit, not cash.

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Yea, I have sold some books to a used book store and it would a take a hug number of books to get to $80. And even then it was store credit, not cash.

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Yes, totally... at least they sort of got the rest of that right... places that buy books don't want most of what you bring in (the took about 1/3 of what she brought in which is ALOT)... so, what do you do with those books? Trash them, give them away? Store them?

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Yes, totally... at least they sort of got the rest of that right... places that buy books don't want most of what you bring in (the took about 1/3 of what she brought in which is ALOT)... so, what do you do with those books? Trash them, give them away? Store them?

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donate them to the library which uses them to have a sale and buy books people want.

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Old 08-20-2009, 05:59 PM   #9
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$80 for used books is insane. You just don't get that amount, ever.

What I dislike is the either/or stance they're taking. I read both pbooks and ebooks, so all they're doing is turning me off with that kind of stance.
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Where did they dig out a CRT monitor from?
lol I thought they would have been considered a health risk by now, given all the radiation that poors out the front.

One benefit of buying real books is that you have a far greater chance of meeting cute smart girls/guys at book shops. Buying online you never get to experience dusty old bookshops in that tactile way.
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in the near future, almost everybody i guess would opt for online shopping. to that, kindle would be of great advantage.
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$80 for used books is insane. You just don't get that amount, ever.
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I don't know. I got over $50 once. I was moving and I went through my entire library, culling. You'd be surprised what you get when you bring in five boxes of books at once...

Mind you, there *were* a lot of books they didn't want. I think I ended up giving them to Goodwill (a local thrift store).
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I'm a book collector, and I've sold books for hundreds of dollars (many, many hundreds of dollars), both as a prospector for books - I know Literature and Science Fiction values extremely well, and have also worked at bookstores for about 23 years of my life - and as a personal collector for my own collection. I regularly placed books on ebay (before I moved to Peru), and on one placing reached almost $2,000 for a sale - books I bought AT A BOOKSTORE for only $85.

On the video: Dear Holy Moley: Hahahaha - To be in my early 20s again, full of pi** and vinegar! Hahahaha - those young kids (I feel) really do understand the future of reading. This is a satirical piece and commentary on How We Now Read Or Will Be Reading In The Future.

Thanks for making this available.


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God, that was awful.

I hope the woman sold them books on how to be funny.
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Where did they dig out a CRT monitor from?
What's wrong with a CRT monitor? I'm not getting rid of mine any time soon...


About the video: it does touch those points that a lot of ebook readers have been complaining about, can you resell your book? can you lend it out? etc...
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