Comments on: Beautiful Book Buying http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:42:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Keishon http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121423 Keishon Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:23:46 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121423 Just gorgeous..meant to remark on this earlier. I think I could come out of there with a couple of books. Like you, I love ebooks but I love shopping in bookstores, too. That's why I love Murder By the Book, where they have a nice collection of British mysteries, American mysteries, etc. Love shopping bookstores. Just gorgeous..meant to remark on this earlier. I think I could come out of there with a couple of books. Like you, I love ebooks but I love shopping in bookstores, too. That’s why I love Murder By the Book, where they have a nice collection of British mysteries, American mysteries, etc. Love shopping bookstores.

]]> By: Jayne http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121352 Jayne Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:51:47 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121352 K.Z., I know <em>exactly</em> the type of store you're talking about. I found one in Williamsburg, VA like that which I adored wandering through when I visited there. All kinds of nooks and crannies, bookshelves everywhere, books stacked in piles, a few chairs to settle into as you paged through a possible purchase. Ah....it was heaven. K.Z., I know exactly the type of store you’re talking about. I found one in Williamsburg, VA like that which I adored wandering through when I visited there. All kinds of nooks and crannies, bookshelves everywhere, books stacked in piles, a few chairs to settle into as you paged through a possible purchase. Ah….it was heaven.

]]> By: K. Z. Snow http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121319 K. Z. Snow Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:26:11 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121319 Nice post! I once <em>haunted</em> used-book stores. Not paperback exchanges, but more the antiquarian type. (Can't anymore; not only are they becoming an endangered species, but I now live out in the sticks.) My favorites have always been the small, cluttered, musty-dusty shops with brimming shelves and oddball prints hanging crookedly from every vertical surface. The one nearest and dearest to my heart, even to this day, is the eponymous Harold's in St. Paul (I don't know if it's still there or not). The owner was an elderly, dignified bibliophile who had the most incredible array of hardcover books--many quite beautiful and/or collectible--at the most incredibly low prices. *sigh* (One of my BMFs is from Maastricht. I'll have to ask him about that place.) Nice post! I once haunted used-book stores. Not paperback exchanges, but more the antiquarian type. (Can’t anymore; not only are they becoming an endangered species, but I now live out in the sticks.)

My favorites have always been the small, cluttered, musty-dusty shops with brimming shelves and oddball prints hanging crookedly from every vertical surface. The one nearest and dearest to my heart, even to this day, is the eponymous Harold’s in St. Paul (I don’t know if it’s still there or not). The owner was an elderly, dignified bibliophile who had the most incredible array of hardcover books–many quite beautiful and/or collectible–at the most incredibly low prices.

*sigh*

(One of my BMFs is from Maastricht. I’ll have to ask him about that place.)

]]> By: Jia http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121305 Jia Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:50:10 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121305 I absolutely love the converted theater. I absolutely love the converted theater.

]]> By: Teddypig http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121296 Teddypig Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:32:45 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121296 <em>Note to self</em>: If I ever become a fabulous writer I wish to have a signing tour at the following locations... Note to self: If I ever become a fabulous writer I wish to have a signing tour at the following locations…

]]> By: Anji http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121295 Anji Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:31:17 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121295 Oh wow. The first two are especially amazing, but I also really liked the one with all the plants integrated into the bookstore in Mexico City. Oh wow. The first two are especially amazing, but I also really liked the one with all the plants integrated into the bookstore in Mexico City.

]]> By: Jayne http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121292 Jayne Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:28:05 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121292 The converted church in Maastricht and the converted theater in Buenos Aires are gorgeous. The converted church in Maastricht and the converted theater in Buenos Aires are gorgeous.

]]> By: MaryKate http://dearauthor.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdearauthor.com%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F01%2F15%2Fbeautiful-book-buying%2F&seed_title=Beautiful+Book+Buying/comment-page-1/#comment-121280 MaryKate Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:05:40 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/beautiful-book-buying/#comment-121280 Huh. I think my new ambition might be to travel to all of these bookstores in my lifetime. Huh. I think my new ambition might be to travel to all of these bookstores in my lifetime.

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