tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post5206697432413052181..comments2023-12-29T19:35:59.667-05:00Comments on Reading Matters: Uptown's BookMark bookstore to closeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-87639445769091439442012-05-09T07:36:02.301-04:002012-05-09T07:36:02.301-04:00The phone booth, rotary-dial phones, the printing ...The phone booth, rotary-dial phones, the printing press (it's 99.9% ePub now) ... If bookstores didn't add a 'Chocolates Candy Counter' + espresso bar + greeting card racks 2 years ago (all low overhead, high profit) they are NOT going to make it, as evidenced by the tsunami of closings. <br /><br />The bookstore in Edmonds is staying open because it caters to the retired crowd and is high profile at the annual writer's conference. Sadly tho' their foresight does not extend to covering indieAuthors, which now represents the majority of emerging authors (and cross-over authors). Eventually?? Bye' Bye'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-24308114428843234962012-05-08T19:48:52.939-04:002012-05-08T19:48:52.939-04:00Hey anon 6:01. We read the bible too! Well, we s...Hey anon 6:01. We read the bible too! Well, we skip all the hard parts and go straight to the parts about ho-mo-sexuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-67241125854643698852012-05-08T18:01:23.928-04:002012-05-08T18:01:23.928-04:00Folks from Charlotte read books?? I mean they read...Folks from Charlotte read books?? I mean they read anything other than People Magazine and Guns & Ammo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-80703985180490588552012-05-08T16:56:51.793-04:002012-05-08T16:56:51.793-04:00Yep. Not nice peopleYep. Not nice peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-11498177368940572292012-05-08T16:22:53.869-04:002012-05-08T16:22:53.869-04:00"especially Bank of America employees, who pa..."especially Bank of America employees, who pass its Founder's Hall location each weekday" I'm pretty sure they did...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-43535871513095826282012-05-08T16:19:18.318-04:002012-05-08T16:19:18.318-04:00You might have mentioned the location of the store...You might have mentioned the <i>location</i> of the store...you know, in case anyone wanted to take advantage of the 40% off prices?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-53149459304295418652012-05-08T15:36:40.418-04:002012-05-08T15:36:40.418-04:00Im flabbergasted they lasted this long, with those...Im flabbergasted they lasted this long, with those prices and that inventory. Given that, its no loss for the community - at all. The staff wasnt very helpful or nice, even.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-41175074024611806972012-05-08T15:02:24.005-04:002012-05-08T15:02:24.005-04:00Sad to see a mainstay go, but who really buys hard...Sad to see a mainstay go, but who really buys hardcopy books anymore? My parents who are well into their 60s either have a Kindle or iPad to read now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-6284480180340042102012-05-08T14:29:17.570-04:002012-05-08T14:29:17.570-04:00Not to mention noone pays full price for a book an...Not to mention noone pays full price for a book anymore...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com