How long since you have been in a book store - version 2 - Page 3

Keloff · 03-30-2012, 12:28 PM

Three months ago -- but just to buy a book for my dad who doesn't have an ereader. =)

JDK1962 · 03-31-2012, 10:46 AM

Bookstores have been my favorite places since I was 5 or so, and my mom and I would browse one while my brother and sister had their keyboard lessons in the nearby music shop. I still have some of the Peanuts books my mom bought me on those trips (I'm 50 now). I'll be very sad if/when they go the way of the record store (though I think Powell's, the Strand, W & G Foyle, etc. will always be around).

I love bookstores. I love being in my local independent bookstores (Denver's famous Tattered Cover among them), and I can be perfectly happy wandering around Barnes & Noble (and in the past, I was happy in Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, Atlantic, and Borders).

I love places with books, period...though I sometimes feel obligated to rescue good books from crappy thrift shops.

I love well-organized used bookshops with character. I love libraries. I have a very difficult time going to any of the above and not coming away with a book.

I love eBooks, too. I love browsing the eBook catalogs of the libraries I belong to, and finding new books. My Kindle 3, with its 600+ books, is probably my best friend. I love reading technical PDFs on my Android tablet, as well as the galleys of new fiction and non-fiction (from NetGalley).

Now that I think of it, there's very little about book and book-culture that I dislike. Except publishers who put out OCRed text that they don't proof. And the fact that it is generally publishers and not writers that get the lion's share of the money from the writer's work.

morriss003 · 04-03-2012, 04:32 PM

Since Borders closed on Maui, it is now about 40 miles to B&N from my home.

Lemurion · 04-05-2012, 10:21 AM

Last night, I'm going again in about 2-3 hours.

My gaming group meets there, and not everyone the household reads ebooks, so we buy books there often. I love the bargain graphic novels and sometimes you just want a book.

Then again, for me ebooks replaced mass market paperbacks more than all books. I'll read whatever catches my fancy in whatever format I feel like that day. There's no wrong or right option for me.

View Poll Results: How long has it been since you have been in a book store
I am standing there now to on month ago	53	38.97%
One month to two months	15	11.03%
Two months to three months	10	7.35%
Four months to six months	14	10.29%
Six month to a year	15	11.03%
one year to two years	17	12.50%
two to four years	10	7.35%
four to seven year	2	1.47%
seven to eleven years	0	0%
eleven years and above including those who have never been in one	0	0%
Voters: 136. You may not vote on this poll

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03-30-2012, 12:28 PM	#31
Keloff Electronic media explorer Posts: 64 Karma: 169796 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Kindle (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation), iPad 2	Three months ago -- but just to buy a book for my dad who doesn't have an ereader. =)

03-31-2012, 10:46 AM	#32
JDK1962 Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 2054094 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Boulder, CO Device: Kindle Voyage, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (for PDFs)	Bookstores have been my favorite places since I was 5 or so, and my mom and I would browse one while my brother and sister had their keyboard lessons in the nearby music shop. I still have some of the Peanuts books my mom bought me on those trips (I'm 50 now). I'll be very sad if/when they go the way of the record store (though I think Powell's, the Strand, W & G Foyle, etc. will always be around). I love bookstores. I love being in my local independent bookstores (Denver's famous Tattered Cover among them), and I can be perfectly happy wandering around Barnes & Noble (and in the past, I was happy in Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, Atlantic, and Borders). I love places with books, period...though I sometimes feel obligated to rescue good books from crappy thrift shops. I love well-organized used bookshops with character. I love libraries. I have a very difficult time going to any of the above and not coming away with a book. I love eBooks, too. I love browsing the eBook catalogs of the libraries I belong to, and finding new books. My Kindle 3, with its 600+ books, is probably my best friend. I love reading technical PDFs on my Android tablet, as well as the galleys of new fiction and non-fiction (from NetGalley). Now that I think of it, there's very little about book and book-culture that I dislike. Except publishers who put out OCRed text that they don't proof. And the fact that it is generally publishers and not writers that get the lion's share of the money from the writer's work.

04-03-2012, 04:32 PM	#33
morriss003 Evangelist Posts: 438 Karma: 3409790 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maui Device: kindle	Since Borders closed on Maui, it is now about 40 miles to B&N from my home.

04-05-2012, 10:21 AM	#34
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	Last night, I'm going again in about 2-3 hours. My gaming group meets there, and not everyone the household reads ebooks, so we buy books there often. I love the bargain graphic novels and sometimes you just want a book. Then again, for me ebooks replaced mass market paperbacks more than all books. I'll read whatever catches my fancy in whatever format I feel like that day. There's no wrong or right option for me.

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