Kindle prices aren't quite book prices yet. That would be the end of books and bookstores IMO. Browse-before-buy isn't as good. That Park and Burnside store was a blessing in the early 90s.
Marcus -----Original Message----- From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of ? glen Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 8:13 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The last bookstore Hm. The tech store on Park and Burnside closed several years ago. Did they open another one? We've got 3 (I think) here in Oly, one of which I've committed to joining as they change into a coop. On September 5, 2020 7:36:07 AM PDT, Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >the block is just the main store - the computer/science/tech is in >another building across the street. > >lots of small local bookstores. LA harder to find, but San Francisco >plentiful. > >They will still be there in 2025 when you feel safe to visit the US. > >davew > >On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, at 8:24 AM, ⛧ glen wrote: >> They might. But I'm spending a good portion of my income at the local > >> ones. If you're visiting book stores, you must visit this one. A >whole >> city block, multiple floors: >> https://www.powells.com/ >> >> And stop using Amazon. 8^D >> >> >> On September 5, 2020 6:53:38 AM PDT, Jochen Fromm ><j...@cas-group.net> wrote: >> > >> >Do you think bookstores may die out? They have become rare here in >> >Europe. In L.A. there is a nice used bookstore named "The Last >> >Bookstore"http://lastbookstorela.comWhen Biden has won and Covid is >> >gone next year I would like to visit California, including L.A. and >San >> >Francisco, before the last bookstore is gone.-J. -- glen ⛧ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/