tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post442978899292081127..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Balancing the booksnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-43028745747826898202020-01-26T15:12:46.132+00:002020-01-26T15:12:46.132+00:00Agent: Carpe Librum, Seize the Book, I like it! Go...Agent: Carpe Librum, Seize the Book, I like it! Good luck to all those plucky independent booksellers who still manage to keep going despite everything.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-20460017427167414092020-01-25T21:56:11.711+00:002020-01-25T21:56:11.711+00:00So many good bookstores have closed down and I mis...So many good bookstores have closed down and I miss them. One of my favorites was called Carpe Librum and had live music some afternoons. Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-11755296475176534582020-01-21T12:53:27.968+00:002020-01-21T12:53:27.968+00:00Ursula: Me too, I only order books online as a las...Ursula: Me too, I only order books online as a last resort if I can't get them any other way. Apart from anything else, delivery drivers are treated very badly - tracked every inch of the way, given ridiculous workloads, sometimes not even allowed a toilet break.<br /><br />Black Books was wonderful. I love the way if he got tired of answering the phone, he simply snipped the phone cable.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-41172699065908545062020-01-21T11:30:32.265+00:002020-01-21T11:30:32.265+00:00Online buying is a shame. Of course, it's conv...Online buying is a shame. Of course, it's convenient but but but … where is the sensual pleasure of aimlessly meandering around a bookshop, fingering print, then bumping into a title you'd never heard of before? A sort of making friends by accident not design.<br /><br />One thing I will buy via the internet (mostly ebay, occasionally Amazon - don't stone me) are titles you can't find in your local bookshop - even if you ask them to order it for you. Not so much "first editions" as those out of print. Oh the treasure. I once found "Prefaces" by George Bernard Shaw, ca. 1934, on ebay. The postage was more than the actual book. Which rather perturbed me (not the postage but how little value is given to the printed).<br /><br />My favourite bookshop? The one in "Black Books". The Angel occasionally, and rather drily, remarks that I and my study remind him of Dylan Moran (minus the copious amounts of red wine I hasten to add).<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-55331601666483536952020-01-19T09:30:21.047+00:002020-01-19T09:30:21.047+00:00Rose: Like flowers draw bees - a good analogy, I f...Rose: Like flowers draw bees - a good analogy, I feel the same. If I'm visiting someone's house, the first thing I look for is what's on their bookshelves! That's unusual, that you don't like standing on concrete. Does it do something odd to your feet?nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30500135645294751132020-01-18T22:38:16.638+00:002020-01-18T22:38:16.638+00:00I love books shops, old books, new books. But mos...I love books shops, old books, new books. But mostly read kindle. I have some books I have both versions of simply because I love them so much. but we don't have any independent ones near.<br /><br />Books have always drawn me like flowers draw bees. If I go in a person's home and they have books, I want to see what they are reading.<br /><br />Any place we ever go that is new, I look for bookstore. I look at old books. <br /><br />Now, I cannot stand to stand long on concrete so don't stay very long if we go.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-49366735131427565202020-01-18T13:14:40.482+00:002020-01-18T13:14:40.482+00:00Ramana: Yes, I can see buying books online is the ...Ramana: Yes, I can see buying books online is the best option for you. But those of us who can get to bookshops easily should do so and help the local economy.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-45979673516191320212020-01-18T11:35:31.677+00:002020-01-18T11:35:31.677+00:00Since I have mobility issues and also problems wit...Since I have mobility issues and also problems with space, I have been buying books on my kindle mostly but on the odd occasion do buy the hard version but almost entirely online. Book shops in India are also closing down unless backed by big pocket corporates like a couple of chains that don't sell many books but, still remain afloat in malls.Ramana Rajgopaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595611334904650281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-24055820649603109162020-01-17T21:25:41.918+00:002020-01-17T21:25:41.918+00:00Polly: In the city centre we have a Waterstones, a...Polly: In the city centre we have a Waterstones, an Oxfam bookshop, and also Easons, a branch of a Northern Ireland chain that has a large book department. So there's no shortage of books on offer.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-10249841934176776252020-01-17T21:12:23.772+00:002020-01-17T21:12:23.772+00:00I love book shops, sadly we don't have any ind...I love book shops, sadly we don't have any independent ones here, we have Waterstones and Oxfam have a very good one.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502031456581056874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-73847874907824804482020-01-17T17:15:51.804+00:002020-01-17T17:15:51.804+00:00Fly: I can't imagine being somewhere without a...Fly: I can't imagine being somewhere without a decent bookshop. There's something so enjoyable about poking around bookshops looking for a "good read".nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-44463311921210829712020-01-17T17:12:32.175+00:002020-01-17T17:12:32.175+00:00Ms Scarlet: I've never had a Kindle. I love th...Ms Scarlet: I've never had a Kindle. I love the feel of a physical book in my hand. An electronic gadget just isn't the same.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-54282744444407565472020-01-17T13:39:11.662+00:002020-01-17T13:39:11.662+00:00No decent bookshops here...in any language. I don&...No decent bookshops here...in any language. I don't miss much about GB, but bookshops are a big miss.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-35534985021559909552020-01-17T12:59:54.987+00:002020-01-17T12:59:54.987+00:00I love old books! I have tried using the Kindle ap...I love old books! I have tried using the Kindle app, but it's just not the same, and it tracks your reading habits - paper all the way, I say!<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-72907819534902984642020-01-17T07:14:11.789+00:002020-01-17T07:14:11.789+00:00Joanne: So they couldn't find anything as popu...Joanne: So they couldn't find anything as popular as Harry Potter to keep them going? That's a pity.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-1643503688808024302020-01-17T07:10:34.815+00:002020-01-17T07:10:34.815+00:00John: It could. Something like Notting Hill, with ...John: It could. Something like Notting Hill, with Hugh Grant as the bookshop owner and Daniel Radcliffe as his son?nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19467581943010147072020-01-17T07:06:30.080+00:002020-01-17T07:06:30.080+00:00Bijoux: A great story about the grand opening of t...Bijoux: A great story about the grand opening of the doughnut shop. As you say, it restores one's faith in humanity.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-64952000213708980802020-01-17T01:35:47.288+00:002020-01-17T01:35:47.288+00:00I've seen that twitter phenomena happen severa...I've seen that twitter phenomena happen several times. Sadly, the last indy bookshop in my town closed, about a year after the last Harry Potter book.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-6368707531085820152020-01-16T21:52:33.944+00:002020-01-16T21:52:33.944+00:00the Petersfield story could be the part of an inde...the Petersfield story could be the part of an independent film! I listened to the story on the radio this morning John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-59436247814046367022020-01-16T21:28:29.441+00:002020-01-16T21:28:29.441+00:00Your post reminded me of another great Twitter sto...Your post reminded me of another great Twitter story here: https://people.com/food/doughnut-store-sells-out-after-son-tweet-billys-donuts/<br /><br />Gives one faith in humanity that people are willing to help strangers. I think most want to support small businesses, but don't always have time to go out of their way to do it.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-7683411955805659962020-01-16T19:34:48.606+00:002020-01-16T19:34:48.606+00:00Tammy: I used to read voraciously as a young child...Tammy: I used to read voraciously as a young child but having to plough through various laborious set texts at boarding school put me right off reading for several years. Luckily it was only a temporary blip.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-7708667467337084992020-01-16T19:32:38.066+00:002020-01-16T19:32:38.066+00:00Mary: Another independent bookshop that was forced...Mary: Another independent bookshop that was forced to close? That's a shame.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-76308336175947104152020-01-16T19:30:10.330+00:002020-01-16T19:30:10.330+00:00Jean: Online ordering is what small independent bo...Jean: Online ordering is what small independent bookshops are up against. Jenny and I now avoid ordering online. We get our books from the local charity bookshop or from Waterstones in the city centre.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67737127437735610012020-01-16T19:17:32.784+00:002020-01-16T19:17:32.784+00:00No, it's a highly literate community, but ther...No, it's a highly literate community, but there is a wider selection online. CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-22160492704816455972020-01-16T19:10:58.596+00:002020-01-16T19:10:58.596+00:00this wonderful post brought tears to my eyes and a...this wonderful post brought tears to my eyes and a great swell of emotion. I loved reading from an early age. they filled a great void and made my nomadic lifestyle cozy and comforting in a way nothing else could.<br />books have always been more than 'just books' to me.<br />the same way that a beloved dog has always been more than 'just a dog.' it's the same thing to me.<br />you either deeply love books and dogs or you don't! xoxo Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com