I did just buy one of the two copies of Barb's book at the State St. Borders today.
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jan 07, 2011 10:27:38 am PST #15402 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
-t - Jan 07, 2011 10:29:28 am PST #15403 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not only are there no locally-owned bookstores in my town (or the next town over which is practically my town), people come here from Vallejo to go to B&N (I think that's it) because there are no bookstores at all there. None!
We do have a comic book shop, though, and I patronise the hell out of that place.
Jesse - Jan 07, 2011 10:30:22 am PST #15404 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The only reason I know those stores apart is that Borders lets you do your own computer searches while B&N makes you actually search out and talk to a human.
Not true! At least, the Barnes and Noble('s) I go to most often lets you search yourself.
On reflection, I think I add "the" more than the possessive.
§ ita § - Jan 07, 2011 10:31:38 am PST #15405 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Support your locally-owned bookseller!
Find me one! Seriously, in LA, it's so much easier to find an independent cinema than a bookstore.
zuisa - Jan 07, 2011 10:32:20 am PST #15406 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I hate writing cheques. I want to switch to fully online bill-paying but my mother objects and I have no backbone.
Additionally, in today's 7th grade history class, a bunch of students knocked a framed newspaper article from 1964 off the wall and shattered the frame everywhere. I wanted to cry.
lisah - Jan 07, 2011 10:33:40 am PST #15407 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Find me one!
Well, my friends' store does a ton of online business plus there's Powell's.
Amy - Jan 07, 2011 10:35:33 am PST #15408 of 30001
Because books.
Well, my friends' store does a ton of online business plus there's Powell's.
We have a huge one here, Chester County Books & Music, and when I did a blog post about books the other day, I included links from them instead of Amazon.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 07, 2011 10:36:05 am PST #15409 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
When I worked at Penney's a lot of people would think they were in The Bon Ton. I did almost lose it once when a little old lady said, "What do you mean, I'm not in The Bon Bon?!?!"
megan walker - Jan 07, 2011 10:38:28 am PST #15410 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I blame the McDonald's conglomerate for that, actually. And Starbucks, I guess, even though it isn't possessive.
I blame Truman Capote.
-t - Jan 07, 2011 10:38:44 am PST #15411 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Have you tried indiebound.org, ita? [link]