tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681613693877584295.post3615512802487536171..comments2023-12-17T16:36:34.366-05:00Comments on Reversing the Polarity: I don't want bookstores to dieJLAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235093202956238922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681613693877584295.post-81980408865601192102012-07-20T19:26:58.055-04:002012-07-20T19:26:58.055-04:00Personally, I see them as complimentary. I like e-...Personally, I see them as complimentary. I like e-readers, but I wouldn't want them to supplant real books.Jugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681613693877584295.post-78406484771967181182012-07-20T18:21:19.384-04:002012-07-20T18:21:19.384-04:00I have similar sentiments about book stores, which...I have similar sentiments about book stores, which should come as no great surprise. <br /><br />I do like e-readers too, though, and I think they're complimentary to real books. I like having all my Zelazny in one place, but every time I get out my Nook to read something, Lily pops up and grabs it to play Angry Birds.<br /><br />I love used book stores. New Hampshire had a bunch of them, including one devoted to just SF and Fantasy. <br /><br />As much as I like them, though, I fear we'll see fewer and fewer of them. Stephen King said of one of them in the one Dark Tower book, "This isn't a store; it's a hole you throw money in." I do love them, but I think more and more people are going to just sell books online.<br /><br />We do have a great local one, though. They serve light meals and a friend tells me that's where they really make their money. I'm pleased that they still sell the books though.<br /><br />"It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me."Jugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.com