18 Bookstores Every Book Lover Must Visit At Least Once

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[expat1000]

Have a look!

[dr_lew]

Yeah there’s a B&N at the Oakbrook mall, which I’ve been to. I called them some months ago to ask if they had THE SWERVE, which I’ve mentioned here. Because I’m perfectly willing to drive a few miles to scratch an itch, but they said no they didn’t have it, but they could order it. What the hey! I can order it too! So I did.

Boy, then there’s this Nook business. I know people who have them and like them, so B&N ditches them ... in favor of bookstore sales? What the heck?

[bt_dooftlook]

Would that have been `Spy` magazine?

[bt_dooftlook]

OT perhaps, but does anyone else use alibris.com for buying new/used books from around the world?

[miss marmelstein]

Foyles is wonderful. I remember when it was more like NYC’s Strand - a complete mess! Finally, Foyles got smart and cleaned up. I miss the bookstores on Charing Cross Road; almost all gone. Helene Hanff would cry.

[miss marmelstein]

I use alibris sometimes. But ABE books is very good, too.

[miss marmelstein]

Nook was and is a huge failure. B&N does much better selling real books; it just does it better than creating technology. And they need to get rid of the lousy “plush” toys, games and soap!

[a fool in paradise]

It was more of a Texas produced zine or an alternative weekly/monthly music publication from Austin. I don’t recall which category. Read once and filed away the detail in my mind.

[a fool in paradise]

I used Alibris many years ago but I think Bookfinder.com taps into those search results as well. At least it did at one time I think.

And used bookstores were always much better at communicating with one another to locate an out of print title (some bookstores would offer a booksearch for $5 or even free, as I found, to locate a decades old requested title). These search engines have been active on the internet since the 1990s.

[a fool in paradise]

I just did a simple search and looked at the results. Bookfinder displayed results and where they came from. Both Alibris and ABE are included in the amalgam.

[a fool in paradise]

Since this list cited numerous liberal websites for the content, I doubt that the author has been to all of these bookstores.

“No, but I read about it once!”

Today’s bozo journalists (as opposed to the old “alternative media’s” gonzo journalists) think google searching and watching youtube videos is akin to doing actual research in books and on foot. You’ll find evidence of it in click bait articles from New Times publications “Top 10 videos about...”.

[reed13k]

for later perusing

[melissa_in_ga]

I have a B&N near me. I went in at Christmas time to look for a book on the Tudors for my daughter, who loves everything Henry VIII. I typed key words into the search bar on their computer and came up with a long list of books about the Tudors - and absolutely none were carried in stock. I found that very frustrating.

[Conservative4Ever]

Powell’s was my first store when I ventured into digital books, download to my laptop then link to my palm pilot. The forerunner to my kindle.

[WHATNEXT?]

Went to Powell’s to sell some Conservative books....no deal, not interested in those kind.

P.S. Powell’s is doing a huge remodeling.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

One of the things I like about B&N is that I can have them order a book and keep it in the store for me to pick up later.

I live in a place where some packages left on my porch while I'm at work might not stay there until I get home.

Being able to order any book I want and know that I can get it soon works for me, but then my B&N is walking distance from me.

[Drumbo]

I'd add Betts to the list, if for no other reason, my pics are featured on their facebook page.

[Titan Magroyne]

Shoot, I think I have to be a Facebooker to see them.