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If you prefer the e-reader to the bound book, what choice do you have? I "showroom", but then again, I only drop in bookstores because they're a calming detour
by saturdaysaint 15y ago
If you prefer the e-reader to the bound book, what choice do you have? I "showroom", but then again, I only drop in bookstores because they're a calming detour in a busy day in some city - almost never as a lone destination (which was common for me 5 years ago). As much as I love the stores, I've completely bought into the convenience of e-books and Audible, which have made it possible for me to take in orders of magnitude more books in a given week than I could in the era of the printed page.
The focus on customer ethics is misguided when you consider the likelihood that a good portion of bookstore's best customers are probably exactly the kind of people ready to rapidly adopt new reading mediums.