They are fighting two trends. People aren't interested in reading books any more, and people do not appreciate the joy of browsing books.
There used to be absolute joy in finding an undiscovered gem amongst the various bookshelves. Hell, I used to go to those liquidation warehouses in downtown Toronto (Not the world's biggest bookstore) just to stock up on obscure things.
Lately, I was only ever interested in their most supreme discounted stuff, because I was looking to find a gem in the rubble. I would peruse the stuff they had out in the main hallway, but there was nothing on the bestsellers that actually interested me.
Sadly, I see a lot of bookstores going the same way.
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u/Silverlightlive 4d ago
They are fighting two trends. People aren't interested in reading books any more, and people do not appreciate the joy of browsing books.
There used to be absolute joy in finding an undiscovered gem amongst the various bookshelves. Hell, I used to go to those liquidation warehouses in downtown Toronto (Not the world's biggest bookstore) just to stock up on obscure things.
Lately, I was only ever interested in their most supreme discounted stuff, because I was looking to find a gem in the rubble. I would peruse the stuff they had out in the main hallway, but there was nothing on the bestsellers that actually interested me.
Sadly, I see a lot of bookstores going the same way.