Used Book Stores: The Only Survivors Of The E-Book Wars?
I’ve got a house full of books. I love books, the feel of them, the smell of them as they age.
They are like old friends, to be held and read again and again.
As a writer, most of my books are not there for pure enjoyment, but as research. I know them. I know where they are (most of the time) and I have a pretty good idea what they contain. Faster, more depth than Googling.
And a presence. They have palpability that will never ooze from my iPad.
And so it was with both trepidation and hope that I read the following From the Business Insider:
“The corner bookstore is supposed to go extinct once Amazon takes over the world. If Borders– and even mighty Barnes & Noble’s — couldn’t fight off the behemoth, how would the lowly local shop even stand a chance?
Well, most don’t, but it may be possible for some, and here’s why.
Mark Mason at the Spectator just wrote about a bookstore that recently opened up near him, and is thriving. He makes an intriguing argument that bookstores may still have a future — in secondhand books.
