> the romanticized idea of the local bookstore will become obsolete actually local bookstores are making somewhat of a comeback as people understand their valu

> the romanticized idea of the local bookstore will become obsolete actually local bookstores are making somewhat of a comeback as people understand their value (there have been multiple articles on this though I can't find them right now) I was an early adopter of Kindle and used to buy digital books from Amazon (or get them from IRC, mostly out of print technical books), and used Apple Books too. But for the past 5 years or so, I only buy books from my local bookstore (preferably used, but sometimes new), except that I do sometimes buy used books from ThriftBooks.com. I found that I much prefer reading a physical book, and it feels good to be supporting the local economy in some small way rather than giving more money to Bezos and Co. After all, I benefit from a stronger local economy whereas I don't benefit from Amazon becoming ever larger.