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> Jerome Callais, president of the Paris booksellers association, told the news agency: "People come to see us like they come to see the Eiffel Tower and Notre

> Jerome Callais, president of the Paris booksellers association, told the news agency: "People come to see us like they come to see the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, [but] they want to hide us during a ceremony that is supposed to represent Paris." Ok, I've never heard of 1 of those 3 things, I'll let you guess which it is. > But the city has invited them to move to a specially created "bookseller village" in a "literary neighbourhood near to the Seine" for the duration of the 33rd Olympiad between 26 July and 11 August. > However, Callais said the proposed location of Bastille square was not a realistic solution and no other compensation had been proposed. > "No one is going to go to that market," he said Hold up now, do people come to Paris to see booksellers or not? Cause if they do they will go where you are. It's hard for me to see this as anything but the equivalent of the kiosks in the mall that I abhor but someone please tell me if I'm wrong. If these booksellers are actually a net positive and if the Olympic committee are being jerks about it.

DANmode 3y ago
I think it's more about an arbitrary decision causing extra work and costs to a business owner who isn't being compensated for it. and that's not including the lost sales expected during the first few weeks of a new location. Or the "new" sales they'd obviously get if not being relocated.
- ecf 3y ago
  > I think it's more about an arbitrary decision causing extra work and costs to a business owner who isn't being compensated for it. This sounds a lot like the grumpy old people who got my local downtown bike race cancelled because customers had to park a couple minutes away from their store. The entire event lasts less than half a day. For a single day of the year… And we wonder why it costs so much to do anything at all these days. Grumpy people just don’t want to let others have nice things.
  - CogitoCogito 3y ago
    The Olympics will last a bit longer than half a day. Also in this case the business owners themselves have to move. This sounds very little like the grumpy old people of your town.
kmos17 3y ago
They are definitely part of the landscape on the banks of the seine, it’s an iconic if very small part of the city.
alphager 3y ago
The booksellers at the Seine are a well-known fixture and a minor tourist attraction (not for the Paris-in-24-hours crowd). They have a long history dating back to the 16th century: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouquinistes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouquinistes Just having some stalls somewhere is not an adequate substitution.

DANmode 3y ago

I think it's more about an arbitrary decision causing extra work and costs to a business owner who isn't being compensated for it. and that's not including the lost sales expected during the first few weeks of a new location. Or the "new" sales they'd obviously get if not being relocated.

ecf 3y ago
> I think it's more about an arbitrary decision causing extra work and costs to a business owner who isn't being compensated for it. This sounds a lot like the grumpy old people who got my local downtown bike race cancelled because customers had to park a couple minutes away from their store. The entire event lasts less than half a day. For a single day of the year… And we wonder why it costs so much to do anything at all these days. Grumpy people just don’t want to let others have nice things.
- CogitoCogito 3y ago
  The Olympics will last a bit longer than half a day. Also in this case the business owners themselves have to move. This sounds very little like the grumpy old people of your town.

kmos17 3y ago

They are definitely part of the landscape on the banks of the seine, it’s an iconic if very small part of the city.

alphager 3y ago

The booksellers at the Seine are a well-known fixture and a minor tourist attraction (not for the Paris-in-24-hours crowd). They have a long history dating back to the 16th century: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouquinistes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouquinistes Just having some stalls somewhere is not an adequate substitution.