Local bookstore closing

[Figuremod73]

Its a sad day here, a local books a million just closed its doors. This is where i got most of my comics, novel, magazines, and essential/showcases. I hope this isnt going to become a wide spread thing. I like digital stuff a little but i dont want to be FORCED into getting everthing on media. Those ipads arent cheap! I also dont really want to pay extra shipping ordering online. Sometimes i hate change!

[LonnieFisher]

Books will be a thing of the past very soon. Good-bye bookstores, it was nice while it lasted. Everything is going digital. They are going the way of the vhs and cassettes. R.I.P. pulp reading devices.

[megomania]

We have some bookstores here in Seattle doing quite well still, specifically Elliott Bay Bookstore. I think it's all about location.

[Bill]

Big box bookstores may go away, but the Indies are doing as well as a bookstore can do, which is shaky at best. A good friend owns a bookstore in Baltimore and has done quite well, meaning he's not buried in debt, and has a small staff, but a staff none the less so he's not only providing for himself and his lady friend, but a few others as well.

There are those of us out there that will never put down the book; there's something about that tactile response that we just don't get from a screen and keyboard.

[Figuremod73]

i still dont see why digital content has been braced as much as it has. most cant shell out $300 to 600 for a ipad or cheaper touch pads. i know im in no real hurry to get one. i have a old laptop i use just for digital content and really it just dont replace a book/comic/newspaper. then again im not known to brace anything new to easy

[TEXASFETT]

I know what you mean. I had a local favorite in town and it closed down as well. Eventually they would all closed down in time. I miss the routine that I had there.

[toys2cool]

there's still a bunch of book stores around, I only buy mag's though

[Dark Shadow]

I wonder how long it will be until the production of printed media is outright banned worldwide? At that point, the "few" can control without much effort what the "many" may and may not have access to.

They can have my books, when they pry them from my cold dead hands...

[torgospizza]

Amazon's got free shipping on pretty much any order over $25 (I'm sure you know this) and they have great prices, so that's where I've been getting trades for the past few years.

[Adam West]

It's probably over for the big bookstores. There is a relatively large book and video store nearby that I'm sure will be fine. They buy and resell used books, collectible books, just hard to find obscure stuff. Video selection is really good too. They do carry the popular titles but limit themselves to one or two copies of everything. They have a large selection of really obscure titles. Price is good too.

[emeraldknight47]

The last two outposts of BORDERS here in Louisville just closed their doors about a week ago, but we still have a couple of BARNES & NOBLES in town and a BOOKS-A-MILLION. I can't see ALL the large bookstores going under, but I can see it coming down to maybe either B&N or BAM. If I had to choose, I'd probably take B&N. The ones here usually have a greater variety of the stuff I'm looking for.

Plus, I've been doing A LOT of my book shopping lately at HALF-PRICE BOOKS, because they're usually waaay cheaper on stuff than brand new and, if you dig, you can find stuff in nearly new condition. Heck, I just picked up the entire first season of LOST on DVD from HALF-PRICE for eight bucks the other day!

I DO think that eventually, a large number of books (and printed material in general) will go digital and the way of the dodo bird, but I suspect there will always be hard copies of some stuff available just because, if everyone else is like me, I like my stuff to be tangible....

[Bruce Banner]

Yes, alas printed media has been on the decline for a while.

Well, those who are too reliant on electronic devices will rue the day when a massive EMP blast renders all such equipment useless.

[rchatlin]

I love used books stores,
but sadly, those are closing down as well.

I love my ipad, but nothing beats owning and reading real books.

r
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[thunderbolt]

Its a one two punch of digital media and being able to get the same book lots chaper on Amazon that is killing the big chain stores. Here in Polk county all there is is one Books A Million. Plenty of mom and pop used stores, tho.