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The fate of bookstores
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RE: The fate of bookstores
(November 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: 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.

I've got the fire. It's pretty great. Wait a minute. You're telling me there's a way to underline text in the kindle? Huh

Powells sounds like a slice of heaven, you're very lucky to have that.
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The fate of bookstores - by *Deidre* - November 16, 2013 at 5:54 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by _xenu_ - November 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Minimalist - November 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by My imaginary friend is GOD - November 16, 2013 at 6:01 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by *Deidre* - November 16, 2013 at 6:15 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by pineapplebunnybounce - November 16, 2013 at 6:03 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Captain Colostomy - November 16, 2013 at 6:03 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Doubting Thomas - November 20, 2013 at 5:00 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Autumnlicious - November 22, 2013 at 1:00 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Walking Void - November 16, 2013 at 6:10 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by rexbeccarox - November 16, 2013 at 6:43 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Psykhronic - November 16, 2013 at 6:49 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Minimalist - November 16, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by pineapplebunnybounce - November 16, 2013 at 9:38 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by c172 - November 16, 2013 at 7:37 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by *Deidre* - November 17, 2013 at 4:08 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Clueless Morgan - November 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by *Deidre* - November 17, 2013 at 5:51 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Zazzy - November 17, 2013 at 11:36 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Clueless Morgan - November 20, 2013 at 1:10 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Zazzy - November 20, 2013 at 1:35 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Psykhronic - November 20, 2013 at 2:02 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Anomalocaris - November 20, 2013 at 2:14 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by thesummerqueen - November 20, 2013 at 2:40 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by *Deidre* - November 21, 2013 at 7:33 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Violet - November 22, 2013 at 5:53 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by thesummerqueen - November 22, 2013 at 9:22 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 22, 2013 at 9:31 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Zazzy - November 22, 2013 at 11:47 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Rayaan - November 22, 2013 at 12:32 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by thesummerqueen - November 22, 2013 at 9:43 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 22, 2013 at 9:51 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by thesummerqueen - November 22, 2013 at 9:56 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 22, 2013 at 10:29 am
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 22, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: The fate of bookstores - by Violet - November 22, 2013 at 11:10 pm

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