You can't browse Amazon, it's too in your face trying to make a quick buck. I just tried browsing Goodreads and it slapped me in the face with a gigantic Pleas

You can't browse Amazon, it's too in your face trying to make a quick buck. I just tried browsing Goodreads and it slapped me in the face with a gigantic Please Login Right Now You Terrible Person modal. Not very browsing friendly either, I guess. There is a charm to browsing a small bookstore. 2nd hand or otherwise. You dawdle in the aisles, meander between sections you'd never think to look at, catch your eye on interesting covers, try the heft of a book, see which ones are long and which are short, the design and the font give you a sense of character, tell you a little about what this book is like to read. You turn it around, read the back to learn more ... there is a spatial component to your search. When you stumble into a book that draws your attention, you're likely surrounded by similar books you might also enjoy. The experience is distinctly inefficient. Good for when you don't know what you want. Might not even realize what you're in the mood for until you find it. And somehow you never walk out with fewer than 3 books.