Powells here in Portland is a city treasure and is going strong. I have a feeling if Powells goes down it'll go down swingin' and with a lot of people fighting for it.
My major weakness is the sale table at Powells which can usually undercut kindle books by a couple dollars; I often will look up a book on amazon and then check Powells' website to see if there are used copies out there. Then I'll go to Powells to pick up the book and end up leaving with that book, two or three other books and a couple impulse items. Powells is a dangerous place for me to go.
I also am not completely satisfied by my kindle; I find it hard to scan through a book looking for a reference, I can't read my notes on a passage easily and it's hard to look up the passages that I've underlined. It might just be the kind of kindle I have (the older keyboard model, not a kindle fire) but I'm perfectly content to carry on with paper books and relegate my kindle to fiction where I don't feel compelled to take notes.
My major weakness is the sale table at Powells which can usually undercut kindle books by a couple dollars; I often will look up a book on amazon and then check Powells' website to see if there are used copies out there. Then I'll go to Powells to pick up the book and end up leaving with that book, two or three other books and a couple impulse items. Powells is a dangerous place for me to go.
I also am not completely satisfied by my kindle; I find it hard to scan through a book looking for a reference, I can't read my notes on a passage easily and it's hard to look up the passages that I've underlined. It might just be the kind of kindle I have (the older keyboard model, not a kindle fire) but I'm perfectly content to carry on with paper books and relegate my kindle to fiction where I don't feel compelled to take notes.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
