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   simpsonfan2 said, 7 months ago

   In a real store, you can pick up the book and glance through it to see if it is what you want.
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   Harryfan said, 7 months ago

   @simpsonfan2

   Hear, hear, a man after my heart. I too like to feel the heft of a book.
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   somebodyshort said, 7 months ago

   Remember how reading the comics in a real paper felt? We’re all here for the convenience but the paper was better.
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   @Harryfan Did you ever read Friday by Heinlein and how they had terminals and some real books. One of my favourites.
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   Kenneth66 said, 7 months ago

   @somebodyshort

   I’m here because my paper doesn’t carry this strip.
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   chefcass said, 7 months ago

   I love walking around the classic non-chain mom &l pop bookstores where you can ask questions and people know the answers. I was once at a chain store similar to Buns and Noodles and told someone I was looking for a certain book by Maya Angelou. The apathetic clerk asked me "oh isn’t HE one of the chefs on the Foot Network?

   I was dumbfounded!
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   BartJ385 said, 7 months ago

   With that attitude, they are doomed for sure.
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   Saskfan said, 7 months ago

   Our last non-chain book store went away a couple of years ago; they couldn’t compete with the big boxes and innerwebs. They didn’t often have what I wanted, but they could order to without any trouble at all. And they carried Charles de Lint’s books!
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 7 months ago

   If being “kind” and “non-snarky” sells books, then Laura got off to a bad start yesterday.
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   cdward said, 7 months ago

   @somebodyshort

   I think a lot of us are here because there are more than a hundred comic strips here, whereas the local paper carries, I think, 12. Also, you have to admit, it’s kind of fun to comment on them.
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    cdward said, 7 months ago

    As with radio, which they felt sure TV would kill, there will always be at least a niche for paper books. They do have a certain je ne sais quoi.
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    Shyygirl27 said, 7 months ago

    I have to admit that I rarely go into a bookstore. I go to the library or check the internet when I’m buying to save money.
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    emjaycee said, 7 months ago

    I prefer a bookstore that has a resident cat.
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    information said, 7 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    And would eliminate a career choice for you as well
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    YatInExile said, 7 months ago

    @simpsonfan2

    And if the book is what you want, you can take it home right away instead of waiting a week or paying for expedited shipping.
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    YatInExile said, 7 months ago

    @Kenneth66

    I’m here because my paper doesn’t carry this strip.

    Me too. Not only this strip, but many others.
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