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People also want & need to explore physical spaces above and beyond what a recommendation algorithm suggests. People want to have the full experience of being i
by qubex 6y ago
People also want & need to explore physical spaces above and beyond what a recommendation algorithm suggests. People want to have the full experience of being immersed in a space. People want to smell the books. People want to try on clothes and see how they fit and compare them. People don’t want to be drawn in by the short-term convenience of the most convenient price.
- BurningFrog 6y agoSome do want that. But empirically, not enough people want it enough to support a lot of these places.
- easytiger 6y agoSome people do. I collect antique books on natural history and science, so I very well know. But a lot of people do not. Thus the ebook. Clothes are an entirely different thing to books
- WalterBright 6y ago> People want to try on clothes and see how they fit and compare them Sure, but I can't find the clothes I want at the mall, and I can on Amazon. The mall bookstores that used to exist only sold bestsellers. The "bookstore" I like to browse these days is Goodwill. I sometimes bring home a shopping bag full of books, for only a few dollars. I've also bought many "grab bags" of books from Ebay. The Bellevue Public Library has a second hand bookstore attached, where people donate books and the store sells them. I've bought a large number of books from them, and the little old ladies who run it are always charming. Highly recommended! There are a couple "Little Free Libraries" in my neighborhood and I regularly insert scifi in them.