I didn't realize there were B&Ns closing! I was sad when Borders went under.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jan 29, 2013 12:29:28 pm PST #20345 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Liese S. - Jan 29, 2013 12:40:54 pm PST #20346 of 28348
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I kept being excited about B&N big sales when I was in various ones in various towns where I'd previously lived...until I realized they were clearance sales because they were closing.
They still have lots of those big flagship stores in fancy malls, though, where they sell lots more toys than books, it seems. I dunno.
They were selling one of my childhood libraries' card catalogs at one point, and I badly wanted to buy them, but really, what was I going to do with them? It wasn't like they were selling the bookshelves. (Years later, when they remodeled the church library at our mission, I totally claimed one of the bookshelves. It's awesome. It takes up the whole wall of my guest room.)
Amy - Jan 29, 2013 12:41:55 pm PST #20347 of 28348
Because books.
B&N has been close to bankruptcy for years.
I was in a card shop the other day that had notecards featuring old card catalog cards with weird titles. They were awesome. I miss card catalogs too. And stamps!
sumi - Jan 29, 2013 1:00:29 pm PST #20348 of 28348
Art Crawl!!!
B&N is pretty much the only bookstore in my town. (There are the 2 university bookstores - but that's not the same thing.)
Plus, my knitting group meets there weekly.
Connie Neil - Jan 29, 2013 1:26:39 pm PST #20349 of 28348
brillig
I hope B&N doesn't go down, when I replace my Nook I don't want to have to get a Kindle.
Consuela - Jan 29, 2013 3:15:14 pm PST #20350 of 28348
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
There are at least four bookstores in Pt. Townsend, which i find rather surprising.
Atropa - Jan 29, 2013 4:17:08 pm PST #20351 of 28348
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I want old card catalog cabinets. I have no place to put them, but oh! I want them. I'd store all sorts of things in them: sewing notions, bottles of ink, bottles of perfume, scarves and jabots ...
Hi, my name is Jilli, and I have a problem with storage cabinets.
meara - Jan 29, 2013 4:24:54 pm PST #20352 of 28348
I also loved being able to see who had previously checked out a book and when (especially in school libraries where I probably knew the person...or was the person who'd checked it out before!)
But I will gladly trade that for the brave new world of having hundreds of books on my kindle. Makes travel so very much better. Never again the packing half my bag with books and still worrying I'll run out halfway through a flight...
Atropa - Jan 29, 2013 4:25:46 pm PST #20353 of 28348
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
But I will gladly trade that for the brave new world of having hundreds of books on my kindle. Makes travel so very much better. Never again the packing half my bag with books and still worrying I'll run out halfway through a flight...
Yeah, I love the Kindle app on my phone. And I, too, knew the worry of running out of reading material halfway through a trip.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 29, 2013 4:35:11 pm PST #20354 of 28348
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have an old card catalog, but you have to line the drawers, because the bottoms aren't solid once you remove the metal pipe that went through the cards. Still nice, though