tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post3004618485245481407..comments2023-11-18T03:15:19.102-06:00Comments on Straight From Hel: Who Will Survive?Helen Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-53943919495786870682011-12-07T21:28:37.115-06:002011-12-07T21:28:37.115-06:00I was recently in a bookstore in the U.P. like the...I was recently in a bookstore in the U.P. like the one you mentioned. Snowbound Books in Marquette Michigan is in an old Victorian house so you go from room to room, mysteries to liteary to YA etc. They offer both used and new and they're all mixed together.<br /><br />One of the things I loved was that employees write a little blurb about any books they had read and liked and the mini review was taped below the book. Employee picks, if you will. It was a really neat personalized feature of the store. If there were more bookstores like this, I swear more people would spend time and money in them. Why don't you open one??!!!Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-16629092075468792762011-12-07T21:28:32.813-06:002011-12-07T21:28:32.813-06:00I was recently in a bookstore in the U.P. like the...I was recently in a bookstore in the U.P. like the one you mentioned. Snowbound Books in Marquette Michigan is in an old Victorian house so you go from room to room, mysteries to liteary to YA etc. They offer both used and new and they're all mixed together.<br /><br />One of the things I loved was that employees write a little blurb about any books they had read and liked and the mini review was taped below the book. Employee picks, if you will. It was a really neat personalized feature of the store. If there were more bookstores like this, I swear more people would spend time and money in them. Why don't you open one??!!!Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-24768419226358428222011-12-07T17:23:51.376-06:002011-12-07T17:23:51.376-06:00Christopher, were you living in the desert or on a...Christopher, were you living in the desert or on a golf course at the time?<br /><br />What a great idea Terra. I have a ton of books I'm hoping my library will take. That would be a great use for them.<br /><br />So, Cold As Heaven, you're idea of shopping with your wife is to go browse a bookstore and have a latte while she shops?<br /><br />I understand Liza. Totally.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-23432859587963934612011-12-07T15:52:07.622-06:002011-12-07T15:52:07.622-06:00My local bookstore is selling less books and more ...My local bookstore is selling less books and more educational toys. I hardly go anymore...since I'm on a budget and the library is near. I feel badly, because I loved the store and know among all the other things going on in the publishing world, that people like me, who are buying less, are another reason why the little store has to adapt it model. I assume it won't last too much longer and I'll be sad when it closes...but if the library goes, I don't know how I'll survive.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-6350204897226990942011-12-07T15:10:13.335-06:002011-12-07T15:10:13.335-06:00Libraries will survive, They're more popular t...Libraries will survive, They're more popular than ever, with their new multi-media attitude, at least in our town. I hope bookstores will survive too ... such that I have a place to kill some time when I have to go shopping with my old lady >:)<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cold As Heaven</a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-16235998735038478482011-12-07T12:26:00.592-06:002011-12-07T12:26:00.592-06:00I think libraries and bookstores are essential, an...I think libraries and bookstores are essential, and know many of them are struggling. Our local libraries lend ebooks for free, and I am a volunteer who takes print books to a homebound senior, through a library program.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-67444854373288479252011-12-07T10:11:59.706-06:002011-12-07T10:11:59.706-06:00Yeah, I don't like it either ... big brother u...Yeah, I don't like it either ... big brother used to pound me into a sandhill every chance he got.Christopher Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667548312923348614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-64911530425743538192011-12-07T09:56:44.117-06:002011-12-07T09:56:44.117-06:00Pat, I think bookstores are recognizing the huge s...Pat, I think bookstores are recognizing the huge shift in the way people get books. They're trying now to change in order to stay relevant and in business.<br /><br />I'm with you, Hilary, on hating the idea that I can be tracked wherever I go. It's so Big Brother.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-2810084687160681792011-12-07T09:34:43.619-06:002011-12-07T09:34:43.619-06:00Hi Helen .. thanks for posting on the article - yo...Hi Helen .. thanks for posting on the article - you just seem more au fait with these kind of things.<br /><br />I don't know what's happening in London and the big cities in the UK .. and I don't use the library that often here. I must sometime spend some time down there to find out their modus operandi and plan of action... <br /><br />Tracking us by our purchases .. they do that here in the supermarkets if you have a store card - I refuse to use one.<br /><br />Unfortunately every device is built with a GPS tracker in it now .. I hate the big brother aspect - it's open to abuse, on the other hand in extreme circumstances could be useful.<br /><br />I'll be interested to read others' comments - thanks .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-68323018873241758522011-12-07T09:00:12.854-06:002011-12-07T09:00:12.854-06:00They're tracking my purchases??? That's a ...They're tracking my purchases??? That's a scary thought.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-60898133405906363962011-12-07T08:29:14.158-06:002011-12-07T08:29:14.158-06:00I watched as computers and pagination phased out n...I watched as computers and pagination phased out newsroom backshops, now the internet is closing down newspapers. Hopefully some bookstores, as have some newspapers, find a way to survive. Change changes things, both for the good and bad. Pat BeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-56572626331313005112011-12-07T08:25:38.734-06:002011-12-07T08:25:38.734-06:00Me, too, Elizabeth. Without a library, I would hav...Me, too, Elizabeth. Without a library, I would have been one sad kid.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-22063102625059531622011-12-07T08:24:27.816-06:002011-12-07T08:24:27.816-06:00I've heard of libraries and lending ebooks. I&...I've heard of libraries and lending ebooks. I'm off to the library today. I love the place and hope it will always be here, especially for my kids when the have kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-11646412987613377472011-12-07T07:19:42.206-06:002011-12-07T07:19:42.206-06:00Interesting post, Helen!
I hope libraries keep t...Interesting post, Helen! <br /><br />I hope libraries keep thinking of ways to stay relevant. I'd hate for them to start disappearing.Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com