tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post3133193725089653485..comments2023-11-18T03:15:19.102-06:00Comments on Straight From Hel: Disappearing BookstoresHelen Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-17454476997366396072008-06-09T19:39:00.000-05:002008-06-09T19:39:00.000-05:00I hope you're right Conda. I wonder, though. Typew...I hope you're right Conda. I wonder, though. Typewriters are practically extinct now. TVs with antennas are becoming scarce in the stores. I love paper books, but I can imagine a world (after I'm long gone) where books are downloaded and a library could be hardly bigger than a kiosk.<BR/><BR/>Makes me shiver.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-83987621479408347732008-06-09T17:08:00.000-05:002008-06-09T17:08:00.000-05:00Aargh! These kind of reports are so frustrating an...Aargh! These kind of reports are so frustrating and agonizing. However, I don't believe it signals the end of bookstores, rather a major change in stores that sell books. I think there will always be a percentage of the population that enjoys physically browsing among books to buy. But, I think it will be as the nineties were when the mega-bookstores arrived--a shakeup.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.com