I Absolutely Love Bookstores

So, semi-related: attended a baby shower where books were requested instead of cards - what a neat idea!

Needless to say, it gave me yet another reason to visit the bookstore! :-)

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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

I love bookstores and used to love having a Barnes and Noble Superstore just a few minutes away. And then the discovered The Nook and removed about 10% of the books to make room for Nook displays. Then they removed another 10 to 15% to add in toys. Then they did away with various dedicated sections and just jumbled the books together. I used to go in and browse for an hour, now there's next to nothing to browse. :(

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@ChipmunkErnie And I just heard that Amazon -- which started out as a bookstore -- shut down the last of its "brick and mortar" bookstores. No more book browsing except online. :(