I go to the big bookstores to browse most of the time. Also to see
what's new on the shelves, both in books and in periodicals.
Sadly, they've learned the "impulse purchase" way now and often
sprinkle new titles all over the place so you can't go to any familiar
location and find the new stuff, you have to traverse the whole
friggin' store. And it makes things harder to find when you do go in
for a specific thing ... at which point, looking up the title/author
on the computer and the map to where it *might* be in the store,
regardless of the inventory listing, saves a lot of time and energy
over finding the salesdroid and having them look for it for you.
*Might* be reflects the ambiguity of their inventory listings. ;-)
Small bookstores are much nicer, more enjoyable places to stop in,
look about, chat with the owner or sales people, enjoy the smell and
feel of Literature In The Flesh. But they're sadly becoming rare.
G
On Mar 19, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
My thoughts entirely, Godfrey. With the size of the chain
bookstores, you could spend a lot of time looking for a particular
book. Now if you're browsing, that's fine.
When I go to a bookstore I already know what I want & just want to
get it & get out. It would be different if they all adhered to some
sort of standardized layout.
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