It's definitely browsing that I miss, when I'm shopping online. It's just not the same to click through Amazon's suggestions. Can't beat them for convenience, though (as Borders knows).
Is there a store like P&P closer by? I love them, but they're rather far away.
The funny thing about Second Edition is that I almost never find what I'm looking for there either, which seems to be the complaint going around about Borders. However, I cut them a break because they're a small local store, with a highly fluctuating inventory, and they're generally very friendly and apologetic about not having what I'm looking for. It's the small local vibe, I guess.
If/when the big box bookstores go extinct, I will miss the feeling of "all the books in the world are at my fingertips" when I walk into a store... but since I was really only interested in 2% of the books anyway, I guess I'll learn to do without it. Now if only Second Edition had an attached coffeehouse, I'd be all set.
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Date: 2011-07-22 07:04 pm (UTC)Is there a store like P&P closer by? I love them, but they're rather far away.
The funny thing about Second Edition is that I almost never find what I'm looking for there either, which seems to be the complaint going around about Borders. However, I cut them a break because they're a small local store, with a highly fluctuating inventory, and they're generally very friendly and apologetic about not having what I'm looking for. It's the small local vibe, I guess.
If/when the big box bookstores go extinct, I will miss the feeling of "all the books in the world are at my fingertips" when I walk into a store... but since I was really only interested in 2% of the books anyway, I guess I'll learn to do without it. Now if only Second Edition had an attached coffeehouse, I'd be all set.