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In reply to the discussion: Tampa Bay Times Bill Maxwell laments "slow death of bookstores." I'm with him on that. [View all]JI7
(89,247 posts)i liked bookstar a lot. there is still a location in studio city which keeps the bookstar sign and interior last time i went was kind of similar but it was actually bought by barnes and noble. what i liked about bookstar was it kind of felt like some old library.
crown books always seemed to have the best prices.
i'm also sad to see the bookstores go away. when i was young at malls or anywhere i would spend so much time in the bookstores. you also get an experience you can't by ordering online. don't peoe enjoy looking through books they might never have heard of ?
i don't have an ereader yet but plan to get one. but i still can't see myself giving up paper books.
i actually have seen more used and indie type book stores opening up in the last months/year or so . hopefully they will last. maybe a new trend back to smaller indie book stores.