Comments on: Jumped the Shark http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elle http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5593 Elle Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:48:24 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5593 Oh, and the age of the e-book is going to take a long time to catch up with me yet. The price of the reader devices has got to come way down, selection is still far from universal. Although I have picked up audiobooks... Oh, and the age of the e-book is going to take a long time to catch up with me yet. The price of the reader devices has got to come way down, selection is still far from universal. Although I have picked up audiobooks…

]]> By: Elle http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 Elle Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:42:27 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5599 What is still limited in online stores is preview capability. Yes it exists but it's subject to all sorts of caveats still; who has what deal with which publisher, even just the fact that getting pages scaned and uploaded into the system takes time, work and people. Plus, the bookstore cafes serve decent drinks and snacks and I can sit there for hours with books I may or may not buy and not be kicked out. Online stores also aren't as conducive to impulse buys, which when I have a fresh paycheck hitting my bank account, has resulted before in me walking out with up to, oh, 8 books. And the draw of browsing the bookshelves is still strong for me. So yes I do buy off of Amazon plenty but the Borders still gets a decent share of my patronage. What is still limited in online stores is preview capability. Yes it exists but it’s subject to all sorts of caveats still; who has what deal with which publisher, even just the fact that getting pages scaned and uploaded into the system takes time, work and people.

Plus, the bookstore cafes serve decent drinks and snacks and I can sit there for hours with books I may or may not buy and not be kicked out. Online stores also aren’t as conducive to impulse buys, which when I have a fresh paycheck hitting my bank account, has resulted before in me walking out with up to, oh, 8 books. And the draw of browsing the bookshelves is still strong for me. So yes I do buy off of Amazon plenty but the Borders still gets a decent share of my patronage.

]]> By: David Rugge http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5598 David Rugge Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:58 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5598 The only place I can go for the true bookstore experience anymore is used book stores. That and Powell's, but I don't get to Portland very often. The only place I can go for the true bookstore experience anymore is used book stores. That and Powell’s, but I don’t get to Portland very often.

]]> By: Nat http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5594 Nat Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:15:10 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5594 That's how dead books are. You can't even talk about them without referencing TV. That’s how dead books are. You can’t even talk about them without referencing TV.

]]> By: Tom Moertel http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5596 Tom Moertel Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:04:38 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5596 My bookstores-are-dead moment occurred about five years ago. I went into a B&N looking for Garner's Modern American Usage and discovered that the store carried exactly zero usage guides. If bookstores no longer stock the books needed to write books, they are indeed nearing their final chapter. Love and so forth, Tom P.S. You went with "jumped the shark" when you could have gone with "turned the page"? Seriously? My bookstores-are-dead moment occurred about five years ago. I went into a B&N looking for Garner’s Modern American Usage and discovered that the store carried exactly zero usage guides. If bookstores no longer stock the books needed to write books, they are indeed nearing their final chapter.

Love and so forth,
Tom

P.S. You went with “jumped the shark” when you could have gone with “turned the page”? Seriously?

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5595 psu Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:52:03 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5595 I can't figure out if it's the kids or me that's on my lawn. I can’t figure out if it’s the kids or me that’s on my lawn.

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2009/10/28/jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5597 peterb Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:39:44 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2342#comment-5597 It's really sucky that those kids were on your lawn. It’s really sucky that those kids were on your lawn.

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