Why I am still a bookdealer
Jul. 9th, 2007 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The internet has certainly destroyed the independent bookseller and my business took a loss last year. Boo hoo.
So this morning I went out to put up the open flag and saw somebody had dumped a bag of truly worthless old bestsellers on the front steps of the shop. So I bring the bag in grumbling to myself about having to pay the garbage man to haul this worthless junk away and then I see about halfway down a Margaret Atwood title I haven't read yet and it's a hardcover, too. So now I'm happy happy it's a beautiful day and I also notice I have no blurred vision, no double vision, no annoying visual affects that make it hard to read today and I remember to be grateful for that.
So this morning I went out to put up the open flag and saw somebody had dumped a bag of truly worthless old bestsellers on the front steps of the shop. So I bring the bag in grumbling to myself about having to pay the garbage man to haul this worthless junk away and then I see about halfway down a Margaret Atwood title I haven't read yet and it's a hardcover, too. So now I'm happy happy it's a beautiful day and I also notice I have no blurred vision, no double vision, no annoying visual affects that make it hard to read today and I remember to be grateful for that.
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Date: 2007-07-09 02:59 pm (UTC)Whenever I can I buy all my books from small booksellers. I am also a book collector so I put all my "search" orders through a friend who owns a store. I do use the internet, but not too often. I think there is something about shopping in a small bookstore that simply can't be duplicated or substituted. There is a feeling you get from paging through volumes...the smell of the store...the visuals of huge bookshelves. Besides...there is nothing more wonderful than that "find" you weren't expecting! I hope the novelty of the internet store decreases over time and the bookseller is reinstated into his rightful place in the universe. That's where it's at. Cheers!
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Date: 2007-07-09 04:10 pm (UTC)I have to admit I buy a lot of books from Amazon myself. It's just the way it is if you want to find a lot of obscure stuff. Plus I'm lazy and I like to hide out in my house with my book pile.
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