Actually Bought A Book - Page 8

leebase · 03-27-2020, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

So back on the original thread topic: My eight year old niece has come to live with me and I have been buying books (actual paper books) like crazy: Where The Sidewalk Ends and the other Silverstein poetry collections, Jumanji and Zathura, the Frog and Toad books, David and the Phoenix, a bunch of Captain Underpants books and more.

Though I still have no desire to buy any more paper books for myself.

Isn’t it wonderful when you get to introduce all of your favorite books to a new reader?

hleo12 · 03-27-2020, 01:35 AM

Wow this topic has been gotten derailed so far out of its track.

Anyways. Just gonna add in my two cents about bookstores in general.

It made me miss the times where me and my best friend would go into every book store we come across whenever we go out to malls or some place similar.

It was fun browsing through shelves and shelves of paperbacks and hardbounds. Also the art/stationary supplies.

We mostly did windowshop, being broke high school/college students at the time.

While I do miss browsing through a bookstore from time to time, I'm very glad I was introduced to e-Readers. Most of the time, a paper back is equivalent to up to 3 ebooks in terms of price.

ZodWallop · 03-27-2020, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by leebase

Isn’t it wonderful when you get to introduce all of your favorite books to a new reader?

Yeah it is. I'm going to have her read me Jumanji tonight.

crane3 · 03-27-2020, 09:39 PM

Would a printed "manga" be considered a printed book or just another "comic" which is not considered a book?

Wondering as I know of a used book store that appears to have a big/huge stock of mangas. will stop by to check it out.

Quoth · 03-28-2020, 06:21 AM

Most seem to be paperback book format.
Japanese Graphic Novel?

hleo12 · 03-29-2020, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by crane3

Would a printed "manga" be considered a printed book or just another "comic" which is not considered a book?

Wondering as I know of a used book store that appears to have a big/huge stock of mangas. will stop by to check it out.

There was a big chain of used books here. They had manga for 2 bucks per volume. I completed 2 series by going back to their outlets for a few months

Sad that they closed now.

And as for the question, well, it is printed in book form (not like how western comics are printed and bound).

mdp · 04-03-2020, 07:50 AM

I just read an article from Giorgio Agamben (Italian philosopher). A paragraph again proposes one of the points I expressed many times in these pages - on the importance of bookstores and on the dire state of their median instance as found during these times:

Imagine entering a pharmacy and asking for a product you urgently need. What would you do if the employee replied that that medicine was produced already three months ago, hence it is not anymore available? This is exactly what happens today entering a bookstore. The book market has become an Absurdistan in which the circulation has a book kept in the shop for as little as possible (oftentimes no more than a month). Consequently, the same publisher plans for books that must exhaust the printouts - /if/ sales actually happen - in short terms and renounces building a lasting catlogue. So although I call myself a good reader I am more and more uncomfortable entering bookstores (exceptions aside) where the tables are only covered by novelties and where I can everytime more hardly find the medicine (the book) I have a vital need for. If booksellers and publishers will not revolt against this system, mostly a consequence of the distributors' policies, it will not be a surprise if bookstores will disappear. Considering what they have become, their current form will not even be missed.
[...]

Giorgio Agamben
13 June 2017

mdp · 10-24-2020, 08:10 PM

'We cannot survive': New York's Strand bookstore appeals for help
Proprietor Nancy Bass-Wyden appeals to customers as literary landmark suffers the effects of the pandemic

New York's iconic Strand bookstore makes plea to customers in effort to stay open
The Strand bookstore is asking for customers' assistance to keep their doors open as fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues to put pressure on businesses in the city [...]

Famed Strand Bookstore Pleads for Help Due to Dire Financial Fallout of COVID-19
The call for help has fallen upon the ears of book lovers worldwide, who rushed to the bookstore's website, prompting it to crash Friday

(A few very recent titles)

DuckieTigger · 10-25-2020, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mdp

'We cannot survive': New York's Strand bookstore appeals for help
Proprietor Nancy Bass-Wyden appeals to customers as literary landmark suffers the effects of the pandemic

New York's iconic Strand bookstore makes plea to customers in effort to stay open
The Strand bookstore is asking for customers' assistance to keep their doors open as fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues to put pressure on businesses in the city [...]

Famed Strand Bookstore Pleads for Help Due to Dire Financial Fallout of COVID-19
The call for help has fallen upon the ears of book lovers worldwide, who rushed to the bookstore's website, prompting it to crash Friday

(A few very recent titles)

If they actually wanted to, they could use the pandemic as an excuse to push ebooks.

issybird · 10-25-2020, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

If they actually wanted to, they could use the pandemic as an excuse to push ebooks.

I don’t see how pushing ebooks would provide enough to cover the carrying costs of an inventory of over two million pbooks.

Gardenman · 10-25-2020, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I don’t see how pushing ebooks would provide enough to cover the carrying costs of an inventory of over two million pbooks.

I agree

JSWolf · 10-26-2020, 03:42 PM

This topic is all wrong considering that eBooks are also books.

leebase · 10-26-2020, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

This topic is all wrong considering that eBooks are also books.

We already had this "argument"

rkomar · 10-26-2020, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

This topic is all wrong considering that eBooks are also books.

Man, we had this debate years ago. Your statement is just your opinion, and one that I would consider to be wrong. For centuries, a book is made up of sheets of material bound together along one side, usually with two covers. It describes the physical packaging, not the contents. You can have a book of matches, coupons, tickets, paint or carpet samples, cheques/checks... none of which have any kind of story or exposition in them. My 1970 American Heritage Dictionary does not have any definitions that make "book" synonymous with a novel, or reference document, or any other type of contents.

Yes, plenty of people refer to the contents as the "book", and it is generally accepted without quibbling, but turning that around and insisting that it is wrong to use the old and proper definition of "book" is going too far.

So, leave the title alone.

leebase · 10-26-2020, 04:57 PM

From the context of the original post - is the book STORE. It was a nostalgic post in that I, who used to LOVE book stores and libraries....almost never go to one any more. eReading has near completely taken over for me. And I'm quite happy with that.

However, it was NICE to go buy a "real book". To fell them. To smell them. To walk around the store and discover them. It's DIFFERENT than book discovery on Amazon, here in this place, or anywhere else on the web.

Even though it was a nice experience, I have not gone back to a book store since I wrote that post. The advantages of reading an ebook are overwhelming....for me. But...I sure hope enough of YOU go out there and buy real books at real book stores so that....on occasion, I can still go to one too.

04-03-2020, 07:50 AM	#112
mdp Wizard Posts: 1,481 Karma: 9010563 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	I just read an article from Giorgio Agamben (Italian philosopher). A paragraph again proposes one of the points I expressed many times in these pages - on the importance of bookstores and on the dire state of their median instance as found during these times: Imagine entering a pharmacy and asking for a product you urgently need. What would you do if the employee replied that that medicine was produced already three months ago, hence it is not anymore available? This is exactly what happens today entering a bookstore. The book market has become an Absurdistan in which the circulation has a book kept in the shop for as little as possible (oftentimes no more than a month). Consequently, the same publisher plans for books that must exhaust the printouts - /if/ sales actually happen - in short terms and renounces building a lasting catlogue. So although I call myself a good reader I am more and more uncomfortable entering bookstores (exceptions aside) where the tables are only covered by novelties and where I can everytime more hardly find the medicine (the book) I have a vital need for. If booksellers and publishers will not revolt against this system, mostly a consequence of the distributors' policies, it will not be a surprise if bookstores will disappear. Considering what they have become, their current form will not even be missed. [...] Giorgio Agamben 13 June 2017 Last edited by mdp; 04-03-2020 at 07:53 AM.

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03-27-2020, 01:35 AM	#107
hleo12 Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 5078890 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kobo Glo (deceased), Kindle 4th, Kindle Basic 10th Generation	Wow this topic has been gotten derailed so far out of its track. Anyways. Just gonna add in my two cents about bookstores in general. It made me miss the times where me and my best friend would go into every book store we come across whenever we go out to malls or some place similar. It was fun browsing through shelves and shelves of paperbacks and hardbounds. Also the art/stationary supplies. We mostly did windowshop, being broke high school/college students at the time. While I do miss browsing through a bookstore from time to time, I'm very glad I was introduced to e-Readers. Most of the time, a paper back is equivalent to up to 3 ebooks in terms of price.

03-27-2020, 09:39 PM	#109
crane3 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 5007204 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Calif Device: Fire hdx 8.9, Tab S2, Tab S5e, Aura ONE	Would a printed "manga" be considered a printed book or just another "comic" which is not considered a book? Wondering as I know of a used book store that appears to have a big/huge stock of mangas. will stop by to check it out.

03-28-2020, 06:21 AM	#110
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,118 Karma: 105211945 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Most seem to be paperback book format. Japanese Graphic Novel?

10-24-2020, 08:10 PM	#113
mdp Wizard Posts: 1,481 Karma: 9010563 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	'We cannot survive': New York's Strand bookstore appeals for help Proprietor Nancy Bass-Wyden appeals to customers as literary landmark suffers the effects of the pandemic New York's iconic Strand bookstore makes plea to customers in effort to stay open The Strand bookstore is asking for customers' assistance to keep their doors open as fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues to put pressure on businesses in the city [...] Famed Strand Bookstore Pleads for Help Due to Dire Financial Fallout of COVID-19 The call for help has fallen upon the ears of book lovers worldwide, who rushed to the bookstore's website, prompting it to crash Friday (A few very recent titles)

10-26-2020, 03:42 PM	#117
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,792 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	This topic is all wrong considering that eBooks are also books.

10-26-2020, 04:57 PM	#120
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,960 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	From the context of the original post - is the book STORE. It was a nostalgic post in that I, who used to LOVE book stores and libraries....almost never go to one any more. eReading has near completely taken over for me. And I'm quite happy with that. However, it was NICE to go buy a "real book". To fell them. To smell them. To walk around the store and discover them. It's DIFFERENT than book discovery on Amazon, here in this place, or anywhere else on the web. Even though it was a nice experience, I have not gone back to a book store since I wrote that post. The advantages of reading an ebook are overwhelming....for me. But...I sure hope enough of YOU go out there and buy real books at real book stores so that....on occasion, I can still go to one too.

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