Will losing bookstores cause a little more closing of our minds? - Page 2

thrawn_aj · 03-12-2011, 09:15 PM

If it's about having access to alternative viewpoints, small local bookstores would be the worst possible thing, followed by larger brick-and-mortar stores and then the internet. I just love seeing the inherent contradictions built into a technophobic world-view laid bare so effectively

. Sometimes, it's nice to just let people write their way into a dead end.

GlenBarrington · 03-13-2011, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rhadin

Isn't proof of Krause's proposition evident in the U.S. Congress' debate over climate change? Or the State of Arizona's immigration legislation? Or in the National Rifle Association's fears for the Second Amendment? Or in Wisconin's union-busting legislation?

That we can find a blog or other Internet posting somewhere that supports something we want to believe has narrowed the topics on which we currently seek to narrow the canyon between our differences.

HMMM! It seems the politics ban DOES apply only to conservative politics! Why HASN'T Rhadin's post been pulled? Smells like double standard to me!

Catz2.0 · 03-14-2011, 02:11 PM

I have found that having an e reader is much easier than going to book stores. All the books you could want are conviently at your finger tips at more inexpensive price most of the time. Of course some of us prefer the tangiable parts of owning a book but I really think that e readers are just more practical now a days.

Justy · 03-27-2011, 12:08 AM

With my eBook reader and the good people of MR I've found many many authors I'd never have found going to a B&M store.

Since getting my Cybook Gen3 a few years ago I've only gone into and actual bookstore, new or used, for children's books. Once my son starts reading chapter books like Hardy Boys I'm sure I wont have to go to a bookstore even for him. I'll just set him up with a simple eBook reader of his own. He already has his eye on the BeBook Mini I'm not using much any more.

Seli · 03-27-2011, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Victoria

I think there is a bit of truth in it. I've discovered great books, and great authors, by browsing in bookstores over the years. Especially in non-fiction.

Yes, for me the internet and online shopping are great when I know what I want to find and search directly for it. Browsing in a physical store means it is much more likely for me to find something I was not specifically looking for but am interested in. A recommendation I forgot, a new book I missed, a subject I did not even know books existed about.

mldavis2 · 03-27-2011, 07:26 AM

As an aside (only slightly off-topic), the novel "A Novel Bookstore" by Laurence Cosse is an interesting mystery wrapped around an inside look at setting up a bookstore strictly for 'good' novels. Lots of information on the risks in being boutique in a market of giant mega-stores. Though internet sales are included, nothing is said about eBooks. A novel worth reading.

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03-12-2011, 09:15 PM	#16
thrawn_aj quantum mechanic Posts: 705 Karma: 483827 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NorCal Device: Nook1, Samsung Transform, Nook2	If it's about having access to alternative viewpoints, small local bookstores would be the worst possible thing, followed by larger brick-and-mortar stores and then the internet. I just love seeing the inherent contradictions built into a technophobic world-view laid bare so effectively . Sometimes, it's nice to just let people write their way into a dead end.

03-14-2011, 02:11 PM	#18
Catz2.0 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Florida Device: Pandigital E Reader, iPhone 4	I have found that having an e reader is much easier than going to book stores. All the books you could want are conviently at your finger tips at more inexpensive price most of the time. Of course some of us prefer the tangiable parts of owning a book but I really think that e readers are just more practical now a days.

03-27-2011, 12:08 AM	#19
Justy Fanatic Posts: 547 Karma: 27509 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver Area, BC, Canada Device: Nexus 7, Sony Xperia z3 tablet, Kobo Glo, Boyue T63	With my eBook reader and the good people of MR I've found many many authors I'd never have found going to a B&M store. Since getting my Cybook Gen3 a few years ago I've only gone into and actual bookstore, new or used, for children's books. Once my son starts reading chapter books like Hardy Boys I'm sure I wont have to go to a bookstore even for him. I'll just set him up with a simple eBook reader of his own. He already has his eye on the BeBook Mini I'm not using much any more.

03-27-2011, 07:26 AM	#21
mldavis2 Coffee Nut Posts: 410 Karma: 298350 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Missouri Device: Kindle 3; K4PC; Calibre	As an aside (only slightly off-topic), the novel "A Novel Bookstore" by Laurence Cosse is an interesting mystery wrapped around an inside look at setting up a bookstore strictly for 'good' novels. Lots of information on the risks in being boutique in a market of giant mega-stores. Though internet sales are included, nothing is said about eBooks. A novel worth reading.

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