Booking Through Thursday
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Welcome to Booking Through Thursday. Remember how I mentioned that I was going to start adding other tags and memes that I do on other sites to this site? Well, this is the beginning. This one is a little late, but it’s still Thursday, so I reckon I’m okay.
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One of my favorite bookstores burned down last weekend, and while I only got to visit there while I was on vacation, it made me stop and think.
What would you do if, all of a sudden, your favorite source of books was unavailable?
Whether it’s a local book shop, your town library, or an internet shop … what would you do if, suddenly, they were out of business? Devastatingly, and with no warning? Where would you go for books instead? What would you do? If it was a local business you would try to help out the owners? Would you just calmly start buying from some other store? Visit the library in the next town instead? Would it be devastating? Or just a blip in your reading habit?
Well, this is going to be a very unexciting answer because I don’t really have a place that is my ‘main’ or ‘favourite’ source of books. It used to be Amazon.com, but given how they’re turning out to be big meanines and sticking it to small press, I dropped them like last month’s chicken casserole.
I would be saddened if the local library burned down, but it’s the only library within walking distance, so I don’t reckon I’d switch to another place…
If there was a local bookstore that I absolutely loved and it was struck by disaster, I’d definitely try to help out as much as possible with donations of books, money, and time.
How about you?
