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Old 12-27-2008, 12:47 PM   #1
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What happened to independent bookshops?
I haven't seen one in years now.

I think they were run by benign aliens, who decamped sometime around the late nineties, giving us up as a lost cause.
It's my fault.

I used to regularly go into bookstores and drop upwards of $100 at a time. And this is back when books were cheap, people.

Then, in 1996, I made my first purchase on amazon.com.
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Old 12-29-2008, 11:45 PM   #2
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I still love browsing used bookstores.

And for years I have missed Fizzies!
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:25 AM   #3
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I still love browsing used bookstores.

And for years I have missed Fizzies!
Fizzies were the best thing going. Haven't had one since 1969. Somebody tried to resurrect them a few years ago but I'm not sure what came of it.
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Old 01-01-2009, 03:18 PM   #4
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Then, in 1996, I made my first purchase on amazon.com.
You and millions of your friends.

Amazon along with Barnes and Noble and Border's killed the mom and pop book store.
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Old 01-01-2009, 10:34 PM   #5
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You and millions of your friends.

Amazon along with Barnes and Noble and Border's killed the mom and pop book store.
No shit? I thought it was Wal-Mart's fault.
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Old 01-02-2009, 04:31 PM   #6
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No shit? I thought it was Wal-Mart's fault.
It was. But WalMart allowed the other evil big conglomerates to prosper. What am I saying? WE allowed it to happen. fucking pussies that we are. Buy as cheap as you possibly can, because you know, that extra 40 cents you save on a book is really going to help your pocketbook.
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