Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While back in the US over Christmas I ran across "The Whites of their Eyes" by Jill Lepore. I hadn't heard of it before, just saw it on the shelf at Borders. I like bookstores. The coffee wasn't much to write home about, no. Daniel On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > The last book I bought at Borders was Osterloh's Leica M book and it was in > the half off section! > > I always found Borders a bit confusing personally and never seemed to carry > allot of the inventory B&N does. Borders screwed up here by putting their > "Seattle's Best" coffee shop in the store. Silly non local folks, everyone > here goes to CC's and the protests began immediately. > > > > > Chris Williams > www.zoeicaimages.net > www.rebirthworkshops.com > 504-231-6261 > > > > > On Feb 16, 2011, at 9:32 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> It's not only the small independent book stores that are closing. Borders, >> the giant book retailer, just filed for bankruptcy and announced that they >> will close 200 stores. For those Luggers unfamiliar with the U.S. >> publishing >> market, Borders is second only to Barnes and Noble as a retail book >> outlet. >> The stores are as big as supermarkets. Blame it all on TV, Amazon, the >> iPad, >> the Kindle, the Nook and the general loss of reading interest by the >> information consuming public. >> >> >> Today I heard an interview with one of the mavens of the digital age who >> proclaimed that, within a few years, print on paper would disappear as a >> form of communication and information transmission. This would be a real >> loss for old timers like me. I seem to be one of the few fully computer >> literate octogenarians in my community and even I am intimidated by the >> complexity of current technology. My wife finds the pushbutton telephone a >> challenge and she is not alone. She has never learned the intricacies of >> the >> TV remote control. But she enjoys reading and viewing images on printed >> pages. And buys dozens of books a year. If books become obsolete what will >> we do with all the shelf space? >> >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >