Bookstores are harder and harder to find and that is a sad event I am calling you all to rally against by visiting your local bookstore.
Your local bookstore is a great resource for you as an author. It is also a great place to go as a parent with your children. We make sure we go to the bookstore with our kids to encourage them to read and the employees who work at our local bookstore are very knowledgeable and helpful finding books that are perfect for our kids. They also help me as an author find books that are comparable to the book I am writing, are similar to the book I am thinking about writing, are the book I should read in the genre in which I am writing. Their help is invaluable. I have asked my writing group and my librarians which books and authors seem similar to mine and my writing style and the best advice I have gotten was from the employees at the bookstore.
Please take the time to visit and buy books at your local bookstore.
Here, here! I love bookstores, and I am so happy that they still exist on every block in Japan (I am not exaggerating). Unfortunately, I don't read Japanese, so they are of little help to me, but I still go in them anyway, because... Bookstores! :D
ReplyDeleteAlex Hurst, fantasy author in Japan. "B is for Books" is my current post.
Wow, every block. That is amazing; especially for a culture of early technology adopters. That gives me hope the the few locals we have will survive.
DeleteI agree! Where I live we only have one privately owned bookstore and only a handful of corporation ones (and I live in a big city). :(
ReplyDeleteI live in a very densely populated area as well and we have a B and N and then a few locals but not nearly as many bookstores as sports,jewelry, clothing or any other stores.
DeleteI like the feel of a book. Don't buy me a Kindle!
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I agree with you that I love taking a break from the computer screen but I am so thankful for the option to read books on my phone because there are many times I wouldn't have a book that I have had my phone and been able to squeeze in some wonderful unexpected reading time.
DeleteI agree with Alex, here (Japan) we really have bookstores in every streets. I'm still quite illiterate but I'm curing myself.
ReplyDeleteLinda, Japanese is tough to learn to read. I have a girlfriend who lived there for three years and she can hold a conversation but had a very hard time learning to read. That is great that you are grasping the written language. Good luck.
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There's no other smell in the world like a book store (except libraries, but it's still not the same). I'm glad I found your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteMy local bookstore is Indigo. As far as I know, there are no small bookstores around. Although my kids do love to go to Indigo and I like to sit and read while they play.
ReplyDeleteI love turning pages in a great read, can't wait for the rest of A to Z
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad that bookstores are being taken over by the likes of Amazon. I don't even know if we have a local bookstore here.
ReplyDeleteI’m an A to Z helper this year, so I’ll be checking back to make sure everything’s OK :)
Used book stores draw me in like a magnet. I would hate to see those go. Sad what is happening elsewhere with small retail book stores closing shop. All said, I thoroughly enjoy the convenience of electronic books...so go figure.
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What great comments. I am glad to hear that so many people still love their bookstores. Thank you all for visiting.
DeleteI prefer the small quaint bookstores. However, the only one local to use is Barnes & Noble -- which is still 40 minutes or so away. I am still thankful for having that option though. ~~Emmly Jane, On The Porch Swing
ReplyDeleteMy local bookstore is a Barnes & Noble. While I practically live there and love that it is in walking distance from my house, it still breaks my heart that it is the last bookstore left here on Staten Island. We have no bookstore in our mall, we lost our independent bookstores and all we have is one choice. If anything happens to that store I will be devastated (and my friends and family will have no idea where to find me!).
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