Tuesday, September 29, 2009
And speaking of books...
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...there are rumors afoot in the land that second-hand bookstores are be in some survival trouble. I've heard these rumors from time to time and dismissed them as voiced by people who don't feel passion for books because, well, anyone who really cared about books would know the value - emotional, intellectual and, sometimes, monetary - of all books. New and/or used, handed down or just printed. I am not one who rails against big business or thinks large retail firms are spending much energy plotting to devour and munch on small stores. And I know that like many (most?) book buyers, buying and reading books is not about holding onto old things for holding-on's own sake. It's about treasuring words and stories and writing. There is more to reading than the words in them, witness that even people who like electronic readers for some purposes (me among them) acknowledge that it's not the same as reading books - it's useful, it's informative, it's handy, but it's not the same. Which is off topic but related. Anyway, h/t normblog.
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