Comments on: Books Best Appreciated In Their Natural Habitat http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/12/books-best-appreciated-in-their-natural-habitat/ Adventures in Fantasy Literature Thu, 17 May 2012 04:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Bill Ward http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/12/books-best-appreciated-in-their-natural-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-953 Bill Ward Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:03 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2486#comment-953 I know what you mean, there are just some things you can't find in most bookstores -- unless the guy running it happens to share your tastes and makes a point of promoting lesser known authors. I know what you mean, there are just some things you can’t find in most bookstores — unless the guy running it happens to share your tastes and makes a point of promoting lesser known authors.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/12/books-best-appreciated-in-their-natural-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Gabe Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:35:12 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2486#comment-951 Part of me used to go for the "I'm-saving 20% on Amazon" fad when the first wave of it started. Then it clicked that I was funneling the 20% back into shipping, eliminating the deal I thought I was getting. Personally, a part of me hopes that the behemoths go down and in their place a new breed of independent bookseller sprouts. Like the bookstore I've always wanted to do. :) As a priniciple, too, I've started to only buy books from bookstores rather than on-line so that what precious browsing space I do have I can hold on to. The only problem is that authors I really like (i.e. Ross MacDonald, Andrew Vachss) no one carries :/ This, in turn, forces me to either drive 30 miles to the indi bookstore that does carry the books I want, or to order the books on-line since my upbringing has fully trained the patience out of me. Part of me used to go for the “I’m-saving 20% on Amazon” fad when the first wave of it started. Then it clicked that I was funneling the 20% back into shipping, eliminating the deal I thought I was getting.

Personally, a part of me hopes that the behemoths go down and in their place a new breed of independent bookseller sprouts. Like the bookstore I’ve always wanted to do. :)

As a priniciple, too, I’ve started to only buy books from bookstores rather than on-line so that what precious browsing space I do have I can hold on to. The only problem is that authors I really like (i.e. Ross MacDonald, Andrew Vachss) no one carries :/ This, in turn, forces me to either drive 30 miles to the indi bookstore that does carry the books I want, or to order the books on-line since my upbringing has fully trained the patience out of me.

]]> By: Book Browsing And You — BillWardWriter.com http://www.blackgate.com/2009/06/12/books-best-appreciated-in-their-natural-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-950 Book Browsing And You — BillWardWriter.com Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:23:16 +0000 http://www.blackgate.com/?p=2486#comment-950 [...] ‘Books Best Appreciated in Their Natural Habitat‘ also includes some shocking revelations about Your Humble Narrator. About my vile, venal, [...] [...] ‘Books Best Appreciated in Their Natural Habitat‘ also includes some shocking revelations about Your Humble Narrator. About my vile, venal, [...]

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