07-07-2010, 04:42 PM
Bummer! I was in there on Monday and bought a big stack of books for full price, boy do I feel duped! I also, as usual, could not find a bunch of books I was looking for, which I think is a big part of the Borders problem. They had reduced their linear feet of shelves drastically over the last year, and it was getting harder and harder to find books I wanted to read. I don't spend money on clothes or jewelry, but my one financial indulgence is buying books.
I like to actually browse in a bookstore, that's how you discover new writers and overlooked books, online sales only work if you already know what you want. I read a lot of fairly esoteric Science fiction and fantasy, as well as a lot of geography, history, social commentary and economics; not stuff I can usually find through the library system. I guess I am going to have to beg my daughter in Portland, who knows what I like to read, to hit Powell's for me! Now we really are going to have to go to the mainland next summer!
Carol
I like to actually browse in a bookstore, that's how you discover new writers and overlooked books, online sales only work if you already know what you want. I read a lot of fairly esoteric Science fiction and fantasy, as well as a lot of geography, history, social commentary and economics; not stuff I can usually find through the library system. I guess I am going to have to beg my daughter in Portland, who knows what I like to read, to hit Powell's for me! Now we really are going to have to go to the mainland next summer!
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb