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Back in the late 80s/early 90s, I used to travel a few times a year to give LaTeX seminars and one of the things I would do was get the local yellow pages and (
by dhosek 4y ago
Back in the late 80s/early 90s, I used to travel a few times a year to give LaTeX seminars and one of the things I would do was get the local yellow pages and (don’t tell anyone) rip out the pages that listed all the local bookstores and then I would proceed to go to every single one of them.
Boulder, Colorado had a great selection of bookstores. I remember going into one bookstore and being puzzled when I not only couldn’t find any of my favorite authors on the shelves, but I had never heard of any of the authors. It wasn’t until I left the store and turned around and looked at the store again that I realized it was an adult bookstore (I think it was named something like Kitty’s Books and the signage as to its nature was subtle).
Another fun moment was visiting a bookstore/cafe/literacy center in New Orleans and picking up a self-published game there called Cartoon Wars on the recommendation of the clerk on duty. I flipped through it back at my hotel room and realized it was created by someone I went to college with.
When I visited the UK, I came home with so many books, I had to declare my purchases at customs. Fortunately, I didn’t have to pay any import duty on them.
- selimthegrim 4y ago> Another fun moment was visiting a bookstore/cafe/literacy center in New Orleans and picking up a self-published game there… If you are referring to Iron Rail I am afraid it has been closed for a while. Neutral Ground is still around but not a bookstore.
- dhosek 4y agoI’d have a hard time remembering what it was called—this was 31 years ago. I remember loving the concept and wanting to open something similar in Southern California (all I lacked was the time, money and ability). Nowadays, I support the somewhat similar in mission Open Books here in Chicago (whose main bookstore is in the same building as my current employer). What I remember was that their main clients for the literacy services were crew members from cargo ships.
- selimthegrim 4y agoAh this sounds like the Norwegian Seamen's Church (closed in 2018)
- Balgair 4y agoFor readers looking for used books in Boulder, skip all others and just go to The Bookworm off 28th. It's huge, dank, bright, easy to get lost in, and deep. Bring strong shopping bags, you'll need them. https://www.boulderbookworm.com/ https://www.boulderbookworm.com/
- ntnsndr 4y agoHuge amen to that. Our favorite family activity is to spend all morning there with the kids on Saturdays.