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> Bookstores offer something electronic media doesn't -- discovery. No, electronic media provides excellent ways to discover new books. What you seem to be mi
by kanox 6y ago
> Bookstores offer something electronic media doesn't -- discovery.
No, electronic media provides excellent ways to discover new books.
What you seem to be missing is browsing physical books in physical bookstores, which is different and grounded mostly in nostalgia.
- trynewideas 6y agoI like both methods of discovery, but I don't impulse buy digital books like I do when I wind up in Powell's and see a 40-year-old used small-press book with little or no digital profile. Just looked one such example up and the only copy on Amazon is priced at $332; I got it at Powell's for $7. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Ship-Simulation-games-no/dp/091839810X https://www.amazon.com/Star-Ship-Simulation-games-no/dp/0918...