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i dont have the attention span for a book. that said, i read voraciously from a variety of resources using instapaper. i read a minimum of 2-3 hours per day eve
by joeguilmette 16y ago
i dont have the attention span for a book. that said, i read voraciously from a variety of resources using instapaper. i read a minimum of 2-3 hours per day everyday.
i haven't opened a book in over a year, and haven't finished a book in years.
- tjr 16y agoBooks are random-access; you don't necessarily need to read the entire book to benefit from it. But anyway. As a non-book-reader, where do you see local bookstores heading? I suspect that nothing they could do to their stock or their prices would draw you in?
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- joeguilmette 16y agoI actually love going to bookstores. Borders included. Books make great gifts, I like the way they look and feel, and I don't mind paying for them. That said when I do buy books I RedLaser them and buy online. Here's what bookstores could do to get my money: -sell coffee and make a quite place i can plug in and use wifi -set up small reading/work stations with tables and comfortable chairs spread out amongst the aisles -sell food and/or beer on site some places kind of do this with tacking a starbucks in, but they are usually busy and loud and feature the parts of starbucks i dont like and cut out the parts i do. mainly the plush seating areas. i do a lot of remote work and a bookstore environment seems better than a starbucks or indie coffee shop, which is where I've been spending such time.
- meric 16y agoThe shift could feed Amazon, Apple *and other survivors* with extra customers. As the market for physical copies are dwindling, total profits in the industry decreases and some companies will decide to exit. This will reduce the decline of profitability for the remaining businesses and thus reduce the rate of companies exiting the industry. The local book store may survive yet.