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remmers
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response 25 of 67:
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May 13 10:19 UTC 1996 |
I get a nostalgic twinge for the old Borders now and then, but I
don't find the new one intimidating. I can't imagine a bookstore
large enough to intimidate me.
For a smaller-scale yet high-toned browsing experience, try
Shaman Drum on State Street, just down from the old Borders.
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rcurl
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response 26 of 67:
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May 13 15:22 UTC 1996 |
Once in Borders, recently, I picked up an item to take it to the
register to buy, and on my way an alarm rang. I was supposed to take it
to a local checkout. I felt like I was in the gulag.
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adania
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response 27 of 67:
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May 14 20:45 UTC 1996 |
I really like little professor ( at Westgate) even though I don't get a
chance to go out there very often.
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anne
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response 28 of 67:
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May 16 00:35 UTC 1996 |
I really like Shaman Drum (I get a lot of my textbooks from the upstairs
section) The downstairs has some really cool books.
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denise
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response 29 of 67:
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May 25 20:57 UTC 1996 |
The Community Newscenter isn't there anymore????
I heard that one of my brother's will be working at the Little Professor
bookstore this summer.
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spensuh
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response 30 of 67:
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Jun 9 22:26 UTC 1996 |
Just thought I'd say hello...I work for Waldenbooks in the home office..
for the record that is Waldenbooks/Borders both owned by BGI, Inc. :-)
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freida
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response 31 of 67:
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Jun 11 23:50 UTC 1996 |
Hey, does this mean that Waldenbooks will now be able to order a wider variety
of books? That would be really cool since I live in an area which is
bookstore impaired with only two bookstores...Waldenbooks and Bookland. The
selection in the stores is rather limited.
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spensuh
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response 32 of 67:
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Jun 16 21:18 UTC 1996 |
You can always special order a title. As for ordering a greater variety of
books we always have had a great variety. If Walden doesn't have it
try borders, if borders doesn't have it try brentanos ;-) <all the
same people>
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mwarner
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response 33 of 67:
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Jul 16 00:11 UTC 1997 |
Here's a specialty bookstore online that features almost everything
available about bats and caves, called Speleobooks:
http://www.albany.net/~oldbat/. If you are interested in those topics
this site is the greatest show on earth. Of course I am biased because I
designed the site and am more or less kept employed these days by
Speleobooks. The owner was inadvertently made somewhat famous a few years
ago by breaking her leg in Lechuguilla Cave and having her rescue followed
on the nightly national news.
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mziemba
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response 34 of 67:
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Oct 30 17:57 UTC 1997 |
I've heard pretty good things about www.amazon.com, an online bookstore with
a pretty cool set-up. In addition to having a pretty large selection, special
ordering, and an impressive search engine, it allows users to record comments
about books. This provides an interesting way of learning more about books
that have piqued your interest.
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rcurl
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response 35 of 67:
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Oct 30 19:40 UTC 1997 |
I've baught from amazon.com, and some others like them. It is very convenient
and one can get real bargains, My pet peeve, though, is that they are not
open about the cost for "shipping and handling", which can kill those
bargain prices.
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danr
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response 36 of 67:
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Dec 7 16:29 UTC 1997 |
This is interesting. When I first entered this item, many moons ago,
there were no on-line bookstores. Now there are quite a few. In fact,
I'm working on opening up an online bookstor of my own specializing in
engineering books.
As was noted, Community Newscenter is long gone, but in accordance
with the dictum that nature abhors a vacuum, a new one has popped up
in its place. Main Street News now occupies the space that was formerly
an Elmo's t-shirt store. (Actually, I think Elmo still occupies a bit
of space in the back.) In addition, the new Border's has a better
periodical selection than at the old location, Shaman Drum has an
interesting magazine section, and Tower Records and Books on South U.
has a big selection.
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omni
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response 37 of 67:
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Dec 7 17:25 UTC 1997 |
I found a really good resource for "books that the stores in ann arbor don't
have", which is http://www.abebooks.com This site has a search feature by
author, title and keyword. This is how I found a copy of Caryl Chessman's
"Cell 2455, Death Row". I have also found some others that were mentioned
in the series I saw on the History Channel, the 50's.
Can't wait to read Peyton Place. ;)
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mwarner
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response 38 of 67:
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Dec 20 12:52 UTC 1997 |
One problem with Amazon.com is that I know they list books which are out
of print and completely unavailable, and which they never have and never
will stock. Plenty of real bookstores can special order books, which is
all Amazon does for the vast majority of titles. In addition, a bookstore
with a defined subject area will stock specialty titles and buy
remaindered books about to disappear from general circulation of special
interest to their clients. All of which provides specific sources for
specific types of books, which Amazon.com doesn't do and will never do.
If you have a specific topic of ongoing interest to you, it is in your own
interest to find a book dealer who supports that topic in depth and in
turn support them.
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rcurl
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response 39 of 67:
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Dec 20 18:52 UTC 1997 |
I ordered a book from amazon.com, and they came back after a bit and told
me the price had increased. This fits with what Mike says above, since
they can't keep updating prices for the enormous numbers of books they just
list but don't have in stock. I felt like it was false advertising, but
I don't think I have any recourse to get the originally listed price.
However I have gotten remaindered books from them for lower prices than
I could find elsewhere (until someone mentioned they had found a title
I wanted at some book warehouse, for a lower price than I had paid
amazon.com).
What I do is search a whole slew of online book vendors for best prices.
I'd only have a vendor do a search for me, however, if it was a must-have
out of print book.
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omni
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response 40 of 67:
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Dec 20 19:40 UTC 1997 |
I go to Little Professor. If they don't have it, or cannot get it,
it can't be gotten. I have never been disappointed.
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rcurl
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response 41 of 67:
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Dec 20 20:45 UTC 1997 |
"it can't be gotten" is too strong. No bookstores can have total access to
every existing book source.
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omni
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response 42 of 67:
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Dec 21 07:26 UTC 1997 |
Maybe that is a little too strong. Still....
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mcnally
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response 43 of 67:
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Dec 21 19:42 UTC 1997 |
I'm sure this is heresy in a bookstore item but I find that if I want
it and it's hard to find it's usually easiest to get it from the library
on an inter-library loan. Somebody, *somewhere* is going to have it and
libraries are amazingly good at finding it and getting it for you (and
charge you far less, I suspect, than what it costs them to do so..)
It's unusual that a book turns out to be one that I just *have* to own
unless it's a reference book of some sort or some textbook or technical
manual that I must consult frequently.
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mwarner
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response 44 of 67:
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Dec 22 01:40 UTC 1997 |
Libraries aren't bad news for book sellers. They, too, buy their books
after all. I can think of many titles that are supported greatly by
institutional buying of libraries. To get favorably reviewed in one of
the major library journals is a stroke of good fortune for a book, not the
kiss of death. Most book authors/publishers would be extremely happy to
be widely circulated among libraries. Many will never see the inside of a
Borders or Barnes and Noble unless they are shopping for the mass market
titles of others. I would say that the existence of public libraries has
led to my purchase of more books than bookstores alone ever would have.
By the way, if you are going to publish a book you wish to be considered
by a library journal, the major publications require that a review copy be
in hand several months *before* the stated date of publication.
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mcnally
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response 45 of 67:
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Dec 22 05:25 UTC 1997 |
Libraries, however, *are* in a sort of competition with book retailers
and since this is the bookstore item..
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mwarner
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response 46 of 67:
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Dec 22 21:08 UTC 1997 |
I may have been taking a somewhat wider view in suggesting that libraries
supplement and even support book retailers. I was also taking a very
practical view, as I am a book retailer. Our very small company also does
some limited distribution & wholesaling, and right now we are trying to
interest libraries in a very worthwhile title that we have given as wide
exposure as possible within its (and our) niche, but would love to see in
libraries.
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mwarner
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response 47 of 67:
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Jan 21 00:17 UTC 1998 |
An interesting footnote about amazon.com: They just contacted us in
search of a title, which they bought from us for $15.00 & shipping. They
paid the normal retail price because the book is out of print and not one
which we wholesale. They also paid for the phone calls and employee time
to track us down. I assume whoever took Amazon's bait will end up paying
substantially more than we have the book available for, and still hasn't
found a book dealer with the inventory they are in search of, however
many zillions of titles amazon claims. I also assume that amazon will
lose on the deal. We're fairly easy to find on the internet, in spite of
being extremely small because we are so specialized, i.e. reasonably easy
to search for by topics of interest (caves & bats).
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gillmore
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response 48 of 67:
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Sep 25 16:02 UTC 1998 |
Is Mike Warner the only other person still in this conference? I wanted
to rhapsodize about Dawn Treader Books, but no one will read it,
apparently.
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rcurl
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response 49 of 67:
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Sep 25 16:19 UTC 1998 |
"here"... :)
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