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> that's again partly nostalgia for the old way Book discoveries, like album discoveries, happen better in stores. It's not nostalgia, but just the way the phy
by HenryTheHorse 11y ago
> that's again partly nostalgia for the old way
Book discoveries, like album discoveries, happen better in stores. It's not nostalgia, but just the way the physical world works. (Think of how music lovers connected with album covers in the vinyl world.)
Just because something is "the old way" and there is nostalgia for it doesn't automatically make it worthless.
- GotAnyMegadeth 11y agoI don't think everyone would agree that album discoveries happen better in stores. They certainly don't for me, I would guess like most things it's subjective.
- pearle 11y agoYeah, I still like visiting record stores and book stores but I agree with this. For me, Spotify is the best way for me to discover new music. Usually through the thematic aligned playlists or unofficial playlists curated by other users.
- witty_username 11y agoYou can also discover books on online book shops.
- tikhonj 11y agoInteresting you should say that, because my music preferences have been enriched immensely by Rdio, in a way that physical stores (even my favorite, Rasputin Music) never did. Rdio helped me explore new genres, find obscure albums and artists and dive into areas (especially experimental music) poorly served by stores. In part, I think, this is because Rdio implemented social features poorly. I find music based on the music, not on what's popular. And it's willing to recommend things off the long tail that I'd never find in a store—one of my favorites was an album from a French band that never released anything else and probably didn't make it to a single US store. The same isn't quite as true for bookstores, perhaps because popularity plays a somewhat smaller role than for music. But I could still see online recommendations being better for depth, especially if I wanted to dive deeply into some genre and explore obscure authors that never really made it.
- ovulator 11y agoHow exactly does album discovery work better in the physical world? If I'm walking down the isle and see an album cover that has artwork I like on it, or just grab one out of the Pop/R&B section because I liked a pop song I heard on the radio, or grab an album that was recommended by a store clerk on the recommended shelf? All those are nearly just random discovery.
- gclaramunt 11y agoThis. Particularly with books, I can decide way faster by picking one, skim the back, index and pages than clicking though lists and "previews". Also, I can scan a whole bookcase in a couple of seconds, not just a list of tittles and tiny thumbnails. Right now, for me, is a matter of bandwidth and latency