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That's a shame, I liked their "covers out" model, and they often had a reasonably stocked tech book shelf, which is something indie bookstores never really do w
by showerst 5y ago
That's a shame, I liked their "covers out" model, and they often had a reasonably stocked tech book shelf, which is something indie bookstores never really do well.
- davidw 5y ago> tech book shelf, which is something indie bookstores never really do well. RIP the Powell's technical book store. It was a very large book store with only technical books. I spent many a happy hour poking around and finding interesting books.
- stagger87 5y agoThe top floor of Powell's now has a large technical section, but it's not quite a replacement.
- divbzero 5y agoI liked it too. The best bookstores are good for their curation and Amazon Books did a reasonable job at it.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoUniversity bookstores used to have some really great and obscure technical books. Not sure if they still do, but they were worth browsing, some you can’t do online. B&N and Border would occasionally have something interesting in their technical sections, but they increasingly got stuffed with dummy books and just people trying to milk a certain gravy train (never write those books).